Show I 1 Lime Useful to to Correct Acid Condition of Soil Lime Is a l soil corrective and not a plant food tood Hence Henc It cannot take the place of ot commercial fertilizer This is not saying that at lime Is not Just a as essential in the growing of ot crops t I Good virgin soil contains nn an shun shun- abundance dance ance of cUl onate of ot lime This gradually grad sally becomes neutralized by the formation for for- formation mation matlon of ot organic acids nelds en caused used by th the thed d decaying of or organic matter In the soil soH When this natural supply of lime I Is 18 exhausted then the doll soll oll becomes acid I because there Is no DO more lime to neuI mui neu neu- trails it t. t Many plants will not thrive I at all in fn acid soil son many more will no not do well while some do not not seem t to tobe be he affected much by a slight amount of ot acid When crops are planted on this acid soil Boll and fertilizer Is used freely treely the they will not do well The plant canno cannot use the thc fertilizer It Is sick Use Us-e lime Hm to correct this acl acid J condition of th the Its foo food tood soil oll then the thc plant can cun use and become thrifty But ut the plant plan must have lia the food tood even though th thE the Held arld condition of ot the soil soli is corrected |