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inkled 



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be used. 



the fol- 

 ng up of 



an old meadow covered with moss and weeds ; imme- 

 diately before ploughing, the slacked lime is spread 

 over the grass and ploughed in as soon as possible. 

 The following fall, before the second ploughing, 

 the liming is again done, in the same manner. If the 

 field is to b(3 ploughed a third time, a third limin 

 should bo done. 



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Q. What are the chief advantages derived from 

 the employment of lime, according to those two me- 

 thods ? 



A. The chief advantages of the use of lime are : 

 lo to act as an improvement in strong and liglit soils, 

 when it is used in sufTicierit quantity; 2"* to destroy 

 weeds and mosses and nany insects and noxious 

 animals ; 3o to act as a manure. 



Q. What quantity of lime should be used with 

 one or the other of these methods ? 



A. In the first method, the quantity of lime to be 

 used, varies from 30 to 50 bushels to the acre. 



In the second method 30 or 50 bushels, must be 

 used for each ploughing, that is from 90 to 150 

 bushels. 



Q. What results may be expected from the use of 

 lime according to these two methods ? 



A. From the use of lime according to these two 

 methods, crops may be expected three or four times 

 larger than if liming had not been done without 



