Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement (Classic Reprint)

Applying Lime Frontispiece FACING PAGE I. Clover and Timothy Unfertilized at the Pennsylvania Experiment Station Yielded 2,460 pounds per acre 10 II. Clover and Timothy with Fertilizer alone at the Pennsylvania Experiment Station Yielded 3,900 pounds per acre nIII. Clover and Timothy with Lime alone at the Pennsylvania Experiment Station Yielded 4,900 pounds per acre 14 IV. Clover and Timothy with Fertilizer and Lime at the Pennsylvania Experiment Station yielded 6,290 pounds per acre 15 V. Limed and Unlimed Ends of a Plot at the Ohio Experiment Station 16 VI. Effect of Finely Pulverized Limestone on Clover in a Soil having a Lime Requirement of 5,200 Pounds of Limestone per Acre, at the Pennsylvania Experiment Station 17 VII. Lime Favors Clover at the Ohio Experiment Station 24 VIII. Lime A ifects Growth of Corn at the Ohio Experiment Station 25 IX. An Indiana Limestone Quarry 32 X. A Limestone Plant 33 (C ourtesy of the Michigan Limestone Company.) XI. A Limestone Pulverizer for Farm Use 38 (C ourtesy of the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio.) XII. A Lime Pulver in Operation 39 (C ourtesy of the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company.) XIII. Laying Foundation for a Lime Stack at the Pennsylvania Experiment Station 48 XIV. AS tack nearly Completed at the Pennsylvania Experiment Station 49 XV. Effect of Excessive Use of Burned Lime without Manure at the Pennsylvania Experiment Station 52 XVI. AH ydrated Lime Plant 53 (C ourtesy of the Palmer Lime and Cement Company, York, Pa.) XVII. Filling the Lime Spreader at the Ohio Experiment Station 78 XVIII. Lime Distributors 79 XIX. Remarkable Effect of Lime on Sweet Clover at the Ohio Experiment Station 86 XX.
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