| Show illinois farmers favor limestone to help soil more alore than three fourths of a million toris tons of agricultural limestone tune have heen been applied on over acres of illinois land by farmers of this state in according to an estimated report of the illinois agri cult cul ural association this tonnage of limestone if loaded on a single train of freight fr ellit cars would ex extend tend 11 nellei breah broulis g nil a 11 records r cco rd s for use in any one state in hie ill C united unit e d states st a t 0 3 during the past tar i ir it exceeds by BO 50 per cent or 2 tons the illinois record of 1 1121 1 l alch which was also alio al io greater than ally oilier ither state in the country illinois farmers according to rovern govern statistics in 1924 aed more than one fourth of all agricultural limestone spread on farm lands in tle tie united I 1 states |
