64

15. WHAT SHALL ONE BUY? 68

16. METHODS OF APPLICATION 78

17. AMOUNT OF LIME PER ACRE 82

18. SPECIAL CROP DEMANDS 86

ILLUSTRATIONS

Applying Lime Frontispiece

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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 11

III. 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 Affects Growth of Corn at the Ohio Experiment
Station 25

IX. An Indiana Limestone Quarry 32

X. A Limestone Plant 33
(Courtesy of the Michigan Limestone Company.)

XI. A Limestone Pulverizer for Farm Use 38
(Courtesy of the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company,
Columbus, Ohio.)

XII. A Lime Pulver in Operation 39
(Courtesy of the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company.)

XIII. Laying Foundation for a Lime Stack at the
Pennsylvania Experiment Station 48

XIV. A Stack nearly Completed at the Pennsylvania
Experiment Station 49

XV. Effect of Exces