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Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 1:52
PM
Subject: Gauss readings of soil
The important thing is : The soil
is probably a
good one if Iron levels are not too high as to
affect
Paramagnetism readings.
That is what really matters.
Whatever you have been doing to your soils seems to
be
the right things.
Congratulations to you and your friend on your
soils.
Jose
Thanks Jose
The congratulations belong to James for looking after what he has got. It
is very easy to farm these strong fertile soils unsustainably. They will
stand abuse for a long time and still produce. James and Barbara are
not your average run of the mill BD practitioners - they have used some very
advanced thinking to look after their farm and it shows.
Something
else that I noticed there was the incredible ability of this soil to hold
itself together - the site is quite steep - has a good rainfall (35" I think)
- yet there was no sign of erosion even where underground power cables had
been trenched in on slopes that would wash out with the first rain on
most soils. Is this another effect of high paramngnetism ??.
Your
technical posts on soil fertility matters are good - clear and easy to
understand - keep up the good work.
Cheers again
Lloyd Charles
Soil Paramagnetism is measured in micro CGS and
not Gauss.
CGS stands for Centimeter, Gram and Second. In
other words is
the amount of material in Grams, that will move a
certain distance
in Centimeters over a period of time measured in
Seconds when placed
near a say 2,000 Gauss magnet. That is indeed a
very weak (subtle)
form of magnetism that cannot be permanently
transmitted to the matter.
Magnetism is measured in Gauss.
