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Nitrate of Lime. 



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of lime should run very much like corn in the distributor 

 and should fall from the hands in a more or less similar way. 



Owing to its hygroscopic nature nitrate of lime is delivered 

 in casks. The casks should not be opened until the material 

 is required for immediate distribution under suitable dry 

 weather conditions. It is also advisable, if the sowing is to 

 be done by hand, to turn the sleeves well up. This avoids 

 any unpleasantness occasioned by rubbing the skin with 

 clothes which may have become a little damp with dissolved 

 nitrate. 



Mixing with other Manures. — Nitrate of lime, unfortunately, 

 cannot be used in the manufacture of special or compound 

 manures, on account of its property of absorbing moisture 

 from the air. On the farm, however, it can be satisfactorily 

 mixed with either superphosphate (if dry) or basic slag and, 

 if necessary, potash salts, but in that case the mixing and that 

 application of the mixtures should be carried out, if possible, 

 on the same dry day. 



Time of Application. — Nitrate of lime should generally be 

 applied as a top-dressing. For root crops and potatoes, 

 however, a proportion at least may advantageously be applied 

 with the phosphates and potash immediately before sowing, 

 the remainder being used as a top-dressing when the plants 

 are above ground or after singling. 



Autumn-sown Cereals. — For winter wheat and winter oats 

 nitrate of lime should be applied about the end of March 

 or just after the spring growth has well started. 



Average dressing per acre — I J to 2 cwt. 

 Spring-sown Cereals.- — Nitrate of lime for these crops may 

 be applied as a top-dressing when the crop is an inch or two 

 above ground. 



Average dressing per acre — 1 to i| cwt. 



Potatoes and Turnips. — For these crops perhaps the most 

 convenient and effective plan is to mix the nitrate of lime 

 with the phosphates and potash and distribute the mixture 

 along the drills, or broadcast immediately before sowing. If 

 preferred, the nitrate of lime can be applied in whole or in 

 part as a top-dressing. 



Average dressing per acre — to 2 cwt. for potatoes, and 1 to> 

 i£ cwt. for turnips. 



Mangolds. — For this crop it is advisable to mix about 

 one-third of the nitrate of lime with the phosphates and potae h 



