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Title: Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement
Author: Alva Agee
Release Date: May 8, 2008 [EBook #25389]
Language: English
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Right Use of Lime In Soil Improvement
_By_ ALVA AGEE
[Illustration: Applying Lime]
Secretary New Jersey State Department of Agriculture
Formerly director of agricultural extension in the Pennsylvania State
College and New Jersey State College of Agriculture.
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ORANGE JUDD COMPANY
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1919
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. THE LIME IN SOILS 4
3. SOUR SOILS 10
4. EVIDENCES OF ACIDITY 15
5. TESTS FOR ACIDITY 20
6. SOURCES OF LIME 24
7. DEFINITIONS 28
8. GROUND LIMESTONE 33
9. STORING LIME IN THE SOIL 38
10. FRESH BURNED LIME 44
11. BURNING LIME 49
12. LIME HYDRATE 53
13. OTHER FORMS OF LIME 57
14. MAGNESIAN LIME
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