The Value of Lime to the Soil 



Agricultural Lime can well be regarded as one of 

 the main factors of soil improvement and should be used 

 in the light as a soil adjuster and not as a fertilizer. 

 Limestone or Carbonate of Lime and Hydrated or Burnt 

 Lime both contain the valuable elements of Calcium and 

 Magnesium. The hydrated form contains approximately 

 76% of Lime Oxides and is higher in price than Lime- 

 stone which contains about 56% of Lime Oxides. Either 

 of these forms are valuable for liming purposes. 



Most soils in this locality do not contain sufficient 

 amount of Lime to make the various plant foods in 

 the soil available. If lime in adequate amount is used, 

 these foods then become available and the soil made 

 sweeter and richer. The incorporating of the hydrated 

 form into the heavy soils will help to render them more 

 mellow and friable, thus increasing their productiveness. 



FOR GARDEN USE : The crisp quality and produc- 

 tive flavor so desired in our garden vegetables depends 

 largely on their rapid and steady growth. These results 

 cannot be obtained unless the soil is sweet and mellow 

 and no better soil sweetner is known than Lime. 

 Root crops such as Beets, Onions and Radishes do not 

 like a very acid soil. When there is a fair amount of 

 Lime in the soil. Cabbage, Cauliflower, Lettuce and 

 Spinach will make their best growth, the first two being 

 also protected from Club Root when grown in limed soil. 

 Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn and Tomatoes are all partial to 

 very lime-rich soil. 



HOW TO USE AND QUANTITY: After the 

 ground has been spaded or ploughed, scatter lime broad- 

 cast and work it in the soil deeply and thoroughly. On 

 account of the wide variance of soils, a definite rule as to 

 the quantity to use is hard to apply. For the general run 



