GROUND LIMESTONE 



ous parts of the country for the purpose of 

 crushing limestone for use on land, and 

 quite recently low-priced pulverizers for 

 farm use have come upon the market and 

 are meeting a wide need. 



Low-Priced Pulverizers. A serious 

 drawback to the liming of land is the trans- 

 portation charge that must be paid where 

 noavailablestone can be found in the region. 

 Great areas do have some beds that should 

 be used, and a low-priced machine for pul- 

 verizing it is the solution of the problem. 

 Such a machine must be durable, have 

 ability to crush the stone to the desired fine- 

 ness and be offered at a price that does not 

 seem prohibitive to a farmer who would 

 meet the demands of a small farming com- 

 munity. In this way freight charges are 

 escaped, and a long and costly haul from a 

 railway point is made unnecessary. The 

 limestone of the locality will be made avail- 

 able more and more by means of this type of 

 machine, and the inducement to correct the 

 acidity of soils will be given to tens of thou- 

 sands of land-owners who would not find it 

 feasible to pay freight and cartage on sup- 

 plies coming a long distance. There should 

 be a market many times greater than now 



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