[Cir. 130— C] 



A SIMPLE AND ECONOMICAL METHOD OF BURNING LIME/ 



By J. H. Arnold. Agriculturist, and John E. Nichols, Agent, Office of Farm 



Management. 



INTRODUCTION. 



This paper represents the resuks of the experience in burning 

 lime on the farm of Benjamin Cherry, in Warren County, Ky., where 

 two kilns were burned during the preceding winter and the spring 

 of 1013. The details of the operation are given so that an}' farmer 

 in Kentucky, West Virginia, or Tennessee who has good limestone on 

 his land may burn lime in a similar manner. 



Fig. 1. — Wood bottom of kiln and first layer of limestone. 

 CONSTRUCTION OF THE KILN. 



The kiln was located on top of a bed of limestone, the greater part 

 of which was exposed or very near the surface. Poles and slabs 

 were placed lengtliAvise on the ground, making a layer 30 feet long 

 and 16 feet, wide, as shown in figure 1. The largest poles, 8 or 10 



I Cir. 130] 



1 Issued June 21, 1913. 



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