Show I Lime Should Be Applied in Fall Several Sevell Months Needed to toMake toMake Make Sour Soil Good for fora a Crop of Alfalfa Lime should be applied this fall toland to toland toland land w wrt alfalfa will be seeded next spring or next summer If the soUis soil soU is sour according to Proto Prof A A. A 13 F. F Gustafson Gus Gus- of the time state college of agriculture ture at Ithaca N N. Y This is because It takes considerable time tIme six six mouths months to a year year depending depending on the soil soli arid and andon on the kind and fineness Oneness of the lime used to counteract the thc sourness or acidity and make the soil favorable for alfalfa On soils solis thai need lots hots of ot lim more that two tons to an un acre best acre best results are ame obtained by putting on un half the lime before the time lurid lund is plowed arid aid this should be mixed with I t the he top soil soH with a u disk or spring tooth harrow After tIme the land Is plowed the other half of time the lime may maybe be e applied and this also should be with the soil soli Apply in Advance It Is best to apply part o the time lime at nt least one year before the alfalfa Is seeded The rIme first fust application then should be put PUI on after uner the land is plowed for time the cultivated crop which precedes alfalfa and the rest loest should be put on after it is plow plowed d again for alfalfa Under these conditions the time second application of lime should go into the soil in the time fan fall before alfalfa Is seeded In n tiny any ent e Professor Gustafson sa says s 's it pays it tf the time land is at all sour tn I th i I iti th nil ti In I. 00 I the fall tall after the land hand Is plowed and before the time ground freezes Lime needs to be mixed with the soil on which it is used because the particles of lime ilme must come In direct contact with the soil In order to act properly Lime is not so soluble as materials like nitrate of soda ioda which spread In the soil as soon as there I II Is water enough to di dissolve ohe them Even when lime Iliac is mixed thoroughly with the time soil soli several months are needed to put sour soil in good condition to grow alfalfa Some Are Slow Some forms forma of ot lime are slower In counteracting soil soli acidity than tItan others Ground limestone blast furnace slag and pro by-pro product byproduct limes in carbonate form are ore classed as slow acting Freshly burned and hydrated limes correct acidity more quickly than the unburned f fi fc When burned lime Is exposed to rain It gradually changes back bach to carbonate and then It acts no quicker In the soil titan than limestone limestone lime lime- stone of the same fineness Fine Flue limIng him lim Ing lag materials act more quickly than those that are ure coarse not miot less than titan half of any lime should be fine tine enough to to pass through a screen with holes to an arm Inch In Ia length |