Right Use of Lime In Soil Improvement
By
ALVA AGEE
Secretary New Jersey State Department of Agriculture
Formerly director of agricultural extension in the Pennsylvania StateCollege and New Jersey State College of Agriculture.
Illustrated
NEW YORK
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY
LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO., LIMITED
1919
Copyright 1919, by
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY
All Rights Reserved
Printed in U. S. A.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| 1. | Introduction | 1 |
| 2. | The Lime in Soils | 4 |
| 3. | Sour Soils | 10 |
| 4. | Evidences of Acidity | 15 |
| 5. | Tests for Acidity | 20 |
| 6. | Sources of Lime | 24 |
| 7. | Definitions | 28 |
| 8. | Ground Limestone | 33 |
| 9. | Storing Lime in the Soil | 38 |
| 10. | Fresh Burned Lime | 44 |
| 11. | Burning Lime | 49 |
| 12. | Lime Hydrate | 53 |
| 13. | Other Forms of Lime | 57 | ...