APPLYING LIME 



advantage in getting this lime in pulverized form, 

 provided it can be distributed in the soil before 

 moisture from the air induces slaking and conse- 

 quent bursting of the packages. The necessity 

 of rapid handling has limited the popularity of 

 pulverized unslaked lime, but no other form is 

 equal to it when it is wholly unslaked. Some 

 manufacturers grind the partially burned lime- 

 stone often found in kilns, and furnish goods little 

 better than pulverized limestone. 



The slaking of stone-lime should be done in a 

 large pile, and the distribution may be made with 

 lime-spreaders. When the application is fairly 

 heavy, a manure-spreader does satisfactory work. 

 A good lime-spreader is to be desired, but care 

 must be used to remove any stones or similar im- 

 purities in the slaked lime when filling it. Such 

 spreaders are on the market. 



The practice of slaking lime in small piles in 

 the field is wasteful. It is difficult to reduce all 

 the lime to a fine powder and to make even dis- 

 tribution over the surface. Any excess of water 

 from rains puddles some of the lime, destroying 

 practically all its immediate effectiveness. Dis- 

 tribution with shovels is necessarily imperfect. 



The labor of slaking stone-lime and the difficulty 

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