Table I. Hydrated or Slaked, Precipitated and Air-Slaked 

 Limes and Lime Ashes 



Name of Manufacturer and Brand 



Berkshire Hills Co., Gt. Barrington, 

 Mass. 



Agricultural Lime (1) 



Brewer & Co., Inc., Worcester, Mass. 



Producto Agricultural Lime (1) 



Cheshire Lime Manufacturing Co., 

 Cheshire, Mass. 



Cheshire Agricultural Lime (1) 



Farnam Cheshire Lime Co., Farnams, 



Mass. 



Agricultural Lime (4) 



Hampton Co., Easthampton, Mass. 



Precipitated Lime (1) 



Burton K. Harris, Lime Rock, R. I. 



Slacked Lime C2) 



Hoosac Valley Lime Co., Adams, Mass. 



Adams Agricultural Lime (1) 



Adams Lime Ashes (2) 



George Lawrence, Holyoke, Mass. 



IJme Ashes (2) 



Lee Lime Co., Lee, Mass. 



Agricultural Hydrated Lime (1) 



New England Lime Co., Adams, Mass. 



Connecticut Agricultural Lime (1) 



Limestone Dust (1) 



Rockland & Rockport Lime Corp., 

 45 Milk St., Boston, Mass. 



U-R Land Lime (5) 



Calcium 

 Oxide (CaO) 



Found 



62.08 

 S1.S7 



65. 89 



64.60 

 53.09 

 51.492 



62.61 

 53.493 



40.00* 

 53.65 



53.25 

 61.74 



60.17 



Guar- 

 anteed 



55.00 

 60.00 



58.00 



60.00 

 48.00 

 50.00 



58.00 

 50.00 



35.00 

 45. 00 



40.00 

 80.00 



60.00 



Magnesium 

 Oxide (MgO) 



Found 



4.67 

 1.72 



1.98 



.55 



1. 12 



20. 86 



1.09 

 1.09 



1.09 

 29.34 



27.08 

 .99 



3.96 



Guar- 

 anteed 



5.00 

 1.00 



.60 



.50 



.50 



18.00 



15.00 

 none 



.50 



a !s 



O yj 



1/3 

 1/50 



1/2 



1/2 

 9/10 

 1/25 



1/4 

 2/5 



1/2 

 1/20 



1/20 

 3/5 



1/3 



K a 



1335 

 1672 



1357 



1303 

 1084 



1447 



1274 

 1092 



822 

 1660 



1607 

 1 2.55 



to . 



2.>l 



.37 



.31 



.83 



.50 



.38 



'The remainder is either hydrated or caustic lime. 



2 Another sample, taken at Mansfield, analyzed 40.75% calcium o.xide, 23.60% magnesium oxide, 

 7.74% carbonic acid and 8.20 insoluble matter. The larger amount of carbonic acid in this sample 

 indicates that it had been kept in storage for several months. Hydrated lime stored under average con- 

 ditions usually absorbs carbonic acid from the air, which increases the weight of the package without 

 detracting from the value of the material for sweetening soil.s. Mr. Harris states that this agent had not 

 received lime from him during the three months previous to the drawing of the sample; also that the agent 

 had requested empty paper sacks, which might have been used to receive not only the contents of broken 

 sacks but lime floor-sweepings as well. It is likely that the analysis given in the table is more repre- 

 sentative of this particular brand of lime. 



* Two analyses made. One sample tested .88% total potash and .35% phosphoric acid; the other 

 showed only .38% potash and only traces of phosphoric acid. 



* Total potash found, .53%, guaranteed .25%; phosphoric acid found, only traces, guaranteed, none. 



