WHAT SHALL ONE BUY? 



torily. Spreading with a shovel from small 

 heaps is bad practice, and when the lime is 

 slaked in a large heap, it cannot be handled 

 as well as pulverized stone or commercial 

 hydrated lime. The latter two are in con- 

 dition for application by means of a lime 

 distributor, or even a fertilizer attachment 

 of a grain drill. The farm-slaked lime 

 contains impurities that interfere with dis- 

 tribution. 



An Estimate. It is always hazardous to 

 attempt an estimate of cost of labor without 

 knowing the particular farm conditions, but 

 the expense and discomfort attending the 

 slaking and use of lime bought in lump state 

 justify a willingness to pay as much for a 

 ton of hydrated lime as lump lime would 

 cost, although the former has only three- 

 fourths as much strength as the latter. Some 

 farmers pay nearly twice as much for the 

 hydrated, partly to escape the incon- 

 venience and partly because they hope that 

 the extraordinary claims for superiority 

 made by some dealers may prove true. 

 They should know that it is only fresh 

 burned lime slaked, but incline to credit a 

 claim that special treatment enhances value 

 in some mysterious way. 



