METHODS OF APPLICATION 



is not a costly source of supply. The 

 chief drawback to the use of farm-slaked 

 lime is the difficulty in securing even dis- 

 tribution. The loss from spreading with 

 shovels from small piles slaked in the field 

 is heavy. The quantity per acre must be 

 large to insure sufficient material for every 

 square foot of surface. The lime slaked in 

 a large heap can be put through dis- 

 tributors only after screening to remove 

 pieces of stone, unless they are made with a 

 screening device, and the caustic character 

 and floury condition make handling dis- 

 agreeable, but no other method is as eco- 

 nomical when lime is high in price. 



Use of the Manure Spreader. The next 

 best device is the manure spreader. The 

 makes on the market vary in ability to do 

 satisfactory work with lime, and none does 

 even work with a small quantity per acre. 

 An addition to the bulk to be handled by 

 placing a layer of other material in the 

 spreader before filling with lime helps, but 

 some spreaders do fair work in spreading 

 as little as 3000 pounds of Slaked lime per 

 acre, and certainly far better work than 

 usually is done with shovels from a wagon. 



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