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    Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement
    Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement
    Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement
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    Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement

    By Alva Agee

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    AlvaAgee (1858-1943) was the American author Crops and Methods for SoilImprovement (1912), Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement (1919) and
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKrill Press
    Release dateMar 1, 2016
    ISBN9781531239596
    Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement

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      Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement - Alva Agee

      RIGHT USE OF LIME IN SOIL IMPROVEMENT

      ..................

      Alva Agee

      DOSSIER PRESS

      Thank you for reading. In the event that you appreciate this book, please consider sharing the good word(s) by leaving a review, or connect with the author.

      This book is a work of nonfiction and is intended to be factually accurate.

      All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

      Copyright © 2016 by Alva Agee

      Interior design by Pronoun

      Distribution by Pronoun

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      INTRODUCTION

      CHAPTER II: THE LIME IN SOILS

      CHAPTER III: SOUR SOILS

      CHAPTER IV: EVIDENCES OF ACIDITY

      CHAPTER V: TESTS FOR ACIDITY

      CHAPTER VI: SOURCES OF LIME

      CHAPTER VII: DEFINITIONS

      CHAPTER VIII: GROUND LIMESTONE

      CHAPTER IX: STORING LIME IN THE SOIL

      CHAPTER X: FRESH BURNED LIME

      CHAPTER XI: BURNING LIME

      CHAPTER XII: LIME HYDRATE

      CHAPTER XIII: OTHER FORMS OF LIME

      CHAPTER XIV: MAGNESIAN LIME

      CHAPTER XV: WHAT SHALL ONE BUY?

      CHAPTER XVI: METHODS OF APPLICATION

      CHAPTER XVII: AMOUNT OF LIME PER ACRE

      CHAPTER VIII: SPECIAL CROP DEMANDS

      Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement

      By

      Alva Agee

      Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement

      Published by Dossier Press

      New York City, NY

      First published circa 1943

      Copyright © Dossier Press, 2015

      All rights reserved

      Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

      About Dossier Press

      INTRODUCTION

      ..................

      THERE IS MUCH IN THE action of lime in the soil that is not known, but all that we really need to know is simple and easily comprehended. The purpose of this little book is to set down the things that we need to know in order that we may make and keep our land friendly to plant life so far as lime is necessarily concerned with such an undertaking. Intelligent men like to reason matters out for themselves so far as practicable, taking the facts and testing them in their own thinking by some truth they have gained in their own experience and observation, and then their convictions stay by them and are acted upon. The whole story of the right use of lime on land is so simple and reasonable, when we stick only to the practical side, that we should easily escape the confusion of thought that seems to stand in the way of action. The experiment stations have been testing the value of lime applications to acid soils, and the government has been finding that the greater part of our farming lands is deficient in lime. Tens of thousands of farmers have confirmed the results of the stations that the application of lime is essential to profitable crop production on their farms. The confusion is due to some results of the misuse of lime before the needs of soils were understood, and to the variety of forms in which lime comes to us and the rather conflicting claims made for these various forms. It is unfortunate and unnecessary.

      The soil is a great chemical laboratory, but exact knowledge of all its processes doubtless would enrich the farmer’s vocabulary more than his pocketbook. We are concerned in knowing that lime’s field of usefulness is broad in that it is an essential plant food and provides the active means of keeping the feeding ground of plants in sanitary condition. We want to know how it comes about that our soils are deficient in lime, and how we may determine the fact that they are deficient. We wish to know the relative values of the various forms of lime and how we may choose in the interest of our soil and our pocketbook. The time and method of application are important considerations to us. There are many details of knowledge, it is true, and yet all fit into a rational scheme that shows itself to be simple enough when the facts arrange themselves in an orderly way in our minds.

      Lime cannot take the place of nitrogen, nor phosphorus, nor any other of the essential plant foods. It is not a substitute for any other essential factor in plant growth. It would be folly to try to depend upon lime as a sole source of soil fertility. On the other hand, we have learned very definitely within the last quarter of a century that it is foolish to depend upon

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