FRESH BURNED LIME 



burned material is to be preferred to pul- 

 verized stone or marl, or any other car- 

 bonate form. A light application is not 

 markedly effective in this respect, and the 

 chief use for this purpose has been in lime- 

 stone areas that may not have had any lime 

 deficiency, but did have a stiff soil. The 

 presence of the stone in great quantity for 

 burning on the farm made heavy applica- 

 tions possible. 



Using Up Organic Matter. The pres- 

 ence of carbonate of lime in the form of 

 pulverized limestone or marl favors the 

 disintegration of any organic matter, but 

 the action is so slow that it may not be ob- 

 served. While the use of limestone in 

 manure piles is inadvisable for this reason, 

 the loss is not comparable to that resulting 

 from mixing caustic lime with manure. 

 The caustic lime in a soil hastens decay of 

 vegetable matter in a degree impossible to 

 the limestone or marl. Irrational use of the 

 former has produced such destructive 

 action in many instances that the failure to 

 add manure or heavy sods for a long term 

 of years has led to heavy decline in produc- 

 ing power. 



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