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CONTROL SERIES BULLETIN No. 30 DECEMBER, 1924 



MASSACHUSEnS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



INSPECTION OF LIME PRODUCTS USED IN 

 AGRICULTURE 



By H. D. Haskins, L. S. Walker and G. B. Dalrymple 



Chemical tests made in the Control Laboratory, on 657 samples 

 of soil taken from fields in every county of the State, indicate a 

 marked shortage of lime to be typical of Massachusetts soils. The 

 profit from using lime as a soil amendment is affected by a number 

 of factors — by the kind of crop to be grown and by the manurial 

 and fertilizer treatments given, as well as by conditions in the soil 

 itself. In any case, however, economy in the purchase of lime is 

 essential. The data given in this report will be of service, first in 

 locating sources of lime, and second in purchasing on the basis of 

 actual composition rather than merely on ton price. 



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AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 

 AMHERST. MASS. 



