INDEX 



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 Air-slaked lime, composition and 



relative value of 31, 57 



Agricultural lime, composition 



and relative value of.... 58, 76 



Amount of lime per acre 82 



Basic slag 76 



Burning lime, methods of 49 



Calcium 29 



carbonate 30 



hydroxide 30 



oxide 29 



Carbon dioxide 30 



Causes of soil acidity .10, 12, 13, 14 

 Caustic lime affects physical 



condition 44, 46 



acts on humus 44, 47 



frees inert plant food 44 



compared with limestone ... 45 



irrational use of 44 



may injure a sandy soil.. 66, 85 



right use of 48 



Caustic magnesian lime on 



sandy land 66 



Chemical changes produce acid- 

 ity 13 



Clover 17, 19, 87 



Compositon of limestone, 



24, 30, 31, 46 



Distribution of lime 70, 78 



Distributors 80, 81 



Dolomite 30, 67 



Equivalents in value 69 



Extent of soil acidity 6, 11 



Fineness of limestone 39, 73 



Frear, Dr. Wm , 50 



Fresh burned lime 44 



composition and relative value 



of 29, 31, 45, 69, 71 



Gas lime 62 



Ground limestone, composition 

 and relative value of 



SO, 33, 69, 72 

 Hydrated lime, composition and 



relative value of 30, 31, 53, 71 

 Indications of soil acidity 



5, 15, 17, 18 



Irrational use of lime 9, 44 



Land plaster 76 



Leaching 12, 38 



Lime for alfalfa 86 



alsike clover 87 



bluegrass 8^ 



crimson clover 88 



potatoes 89 



red clover 87 



most staple crops 88 



in fertilizers 77 



is unstable 10 



(necessary content variable . . 5 



on sandy soils 85 



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Limestone burned to effect dis- 

 tribution 34 



land, value of 4, 6 



varies in composition 33 



Litmus paper test , 20 



Low-priced pulverizers 35 



Lump lime and hydrate com- 

 pared 71 



limestone compared 72 



Magnesian lime 64 



limestone 6 



Magnesium 39, 64 



Marl, composition and relative 



value of 59, 76 



New York experiment station . . 42 



Old heaps of burned lime 58 



Oyster shells, composition and 



relative value of 61, 75 



Redtop 18 



Relative values of lime. .68, 71, 72 



Removal of lime in crops 14 



Slaking lime 53 



Small applications may pay. . . 84 



Soil acidity, cause of 10, 12, 13, 14 



extent of 6, 11 



indications of 5, 15, 17, 18 



tests for 20, 21 



Soils vary in lime requirement 82 



Sorrel and plantain 15 



Spreading farm-burned lime 70, 80 



Storing lime in the soil 38 



Storing limestone 73 



Source of lime, as: 



agricultural lime 58, 76 



air-slaked lime 31, 57 



fresh-burned lime 29, 31, 44 



gas lime 62 



ground lime 31 



ground limestone 30, 33 



hydrated or slaked lime... 31, 53 



fciagnesian limestone 30 



marl 59 



oyster shells 61, 75 



wood ashes 61, 75 



Source of lime in soils 10, 24 



Technical terms 28 



Tests for soil acidity 20, 21 



Thin soils usually acid 18 



Timber as an index 7, 15 



Timothy 17, 88 



Truog, Prof. E. 21 



Truog test . , 21 



Value of lime after magnesium 



removal 62 



Voorhees. Dr. E. B 62 



Warding off soil acidity 7 



When production decreases .... 18 

 Wood ashes, composition and 



relative value of ...25, 61, 75 



