The Use of Lime in Agriculture 



nitrogen and phosphates and form a valuable 

 addition to the manure of the farm. Lime 

 enables us to use any flesh in the best pos- 

 sible way. 



The carcasses of animals, which through 

 ignorant carelessness are left to the greedy 

 appetites of dogs, magpies, and crows, should 

 be cut up and buried in a mixture of quick- 

 lime and earth, which will soon decompose 

 the flesh. In a few months we should have 

 a trench full of powerful manure, instead 

 of an unpleasant and useless carcass. The 

 bones, which are not affected by the lime, 

 should be burned to make them more friable, 

 and then reduced to powder. These pow- 

 dered bones, mixed with the manure pro- 

 vided by the decomposition of the flesh, will 

 afford an abundant supply of phosphorus 

 to the cereals and pasture. Horses and 

 mules that have been killed, and all the 

 larger animals that die a natural death, 

 should be used in this way. 



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