APPLYING LIME 



rolling once, and then to put on the lime. A cut- 

 away or disk harrow should be used to mix the 

 lime with the soil before any moisture causes it 

 to cake. When large crumbs form, immediate 

 efficiency is lost. 



If the application is light, and may barely be 

 equal to immediate demand, it is Jbetter practice 

 to put on the lime when preparing the seed-bed 

 for the wheat or other small grain in which the 

 clover will be sown. It should never be mixed 

 with the fertilizer nor be applied with the seed. 

 The lime should go into the soil a few days, or 

 more, prior to the seeding. The soil having been 

 put into a condition favorable to plant life, the 

 seeding and the use of commercial fertilizers should 

 proceed as usual. 



Lime should never be mixed with manure in 

 the open air, but it is good practice to plow ma- 

 nure down, and then to use lime as indicated 

 above, if needed. If manure and lime must be 

 used after the land has been plowed, the lime 

 should be disked well into the soil before the ma- 

 nure is applied, and it is advisable that the in- 

 terval between the two applications be made as 

 long as possible. 



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