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Er verachtete keineswegs die herkömmlichen Substanzen, die zur Anreicherung von Böden verwendet wurden – die Laderäume der Redruth enthielten viele Fässer Rapskuchen, Malzstaub und gemahlenen Leinsamen –, aber am meisten interessierten ihn Düngemittel, die unter Segeln geerntet oder erzeugt werden konnten.
He was not by any means dismissive of some of the conventional materials that were used to enrich the soil – the Redruth’s holds contained many barrels of rape-cake, malt dust and ground linseed – but the fertilizers that interested him most were those that could be harvested or generated while under sail.
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