RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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What Lime Shall I Buy ? 
Part II. 
Burned Limestone. —Thi.s is known 
as lump lime or quicklime. Pre%aous to 
nine or 10 years ago this form of lime 
was universally used. It gave excellent 
results, hence the farmer was not easily 
weaned from it As aforesaid, to those 
of .<> long freight or wagon haul, or both, 
this is. without a doubt, the lime to use, 
as 2,000 pounds of limestone after it is 
burned, which reduces it to the calcium 
oxide form, weighs only 1,120 pounds, or 
al)OUt that. Thus one may readily real¬ 
ize why it might be to their interest to 
use the burned limestone, when' the 
problem of the high freight rate and long 
wagon haul enter into the question. Ini 
eliminating the SSO pounds of carlion di-^ 
oxide gas from each ton by burning youji 
cut the tonnage considerably, iH'inember 
ing that after this liinii) lime, after first! 
having been drawn to the field, then 
thoroughly slaked and applied while in 
that finely powdered state, will, by the 
aid of nature, .soon take on that which hasi 
been thrown off by burning, henc(‘ weigh¬ 
ing the original 2,000 pounds. 
However, as just previously hinted, 
lump lime must either be water or air-'t 
slaked before it can be applied. By slak¬ 
ing it with water one has a very fine pow¬ 
der as a result, which is then spread upon 
the field with a shoved from a wagon. In 
this condition it will cover a much larger 
area than if it is allowed to slake slowly 
by rain and air in a haiehazard way. 
Wlnm I used this form, I arranged to 
have my lime jtile near plenty of water, 
and ,as I shoved the' hot slakesl lime (I try 
to slake it as I use it) into the wagon, I 
sprinkle it with water at the same time. 
This makes it damp enough so that it 
will .spread very nicely without much 
‘Togging.” C’are must be used not to get 
it too damp. All this means very hard 
and disagreeable work, ami this should be 
taken into <-onsid<‘ration when deciding 
what form of lime to buy. 
It cannot be sprea<l with a lime sower 
unless it is first run oyer a si reen to re¬ 
move the hard unslaked lumi>s that are 
sure to be in it. Tliis is as hard and as 
disagreeable .a job as .sowing -by hand 
with a slutvid, and I never took the 
trouble to screen it, jilways sowing by 
the .shovel metlnxl. d’he whole job of 
handling lumi) lime is very di.sagreeable 
from start to finish. I h.ave jx-rsoiially 
drawn from the cars, piled ui>. .sliiked 
with water and spread with a shovel 
something like (JO tons of lumi) lime,' and 
know just how disagreeable the process 
is. I do not mean to knock this form of 
lime, for it will surely give excellent re¬ 
sults when j)ro]>erly .•iiiplical, but—well, I 
ju-efer tlu' ground limestone. Life is none 
too long, you know. 
One should nev(;r dump lumii lime in a 
idle on th<‘ gi'ound oi)en to tin? weather 
with the intention of letting it remain 
thei'e for .several months, as it will then 
become a salvy mass which can never be 
s|)re!id with any degi-et; of fineness. It 
will be nearly a total loss in this condi¬ 
tion. It will pay one at least i)artially 
to protect it from the weather. There 
are a few concerns whi<di grind tin* 
bttrned limestone (before slaking) and 
s-ack it in either paper or jute bags. This 
article is readily sown with a lime sowm', 
and is preferred by some to the lump 
form, even though it costs much more. It 
will burst the bags by slaking, however, 
if allowed to remain in them any length 
of time. Do not confound this form Avith 
that of hydrated. Hydrated lime will not 
hurst the sa(d\, as it is already slaked 
when put into them. 
Burned limestone or lump lime can be 
purchased in car lots at the kiln for from 
$2 to $2.50 ])er ton, freight to be added, 
or at the rate of 2% cents per’ one i)er 
C(‘nt of c.'ilcium oxide. Buriu'd limestone 
ground will cost, sacked, about .$0 to 
.$0..50 per ton at plant in car lots, 
frt'ight to be added, or about 7 c<Mits per 
one per cent calcium oxi<h‘. Kemembv'r 
that burned limestone, or burned lime¬ 
stone ground, is the strongest form of 
lime you can buy. 
Hydrated Iii.ME. -Hydrated lime is 
simply burned limestone treated Avith just 
the right amount of water to .slake it per¬ 
fectly. It is as fine as wheat flour. It is 
but a little stronger than ground lime- 
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