Show liming in winter Is good judgment haul larger loads on sled than on farm wagons sonio some now new york state farmers may fill find winter a good time to haul limestone for t their liehr laud land those whose farms are so situated that tiley hove have a long uphill haul from the railroad and who wish to haul by sleigh are likely to find winter hauling especially desirable tho the new york state college of agriculture says when the lie sleighing Is good larger loads leads can be drawn on oil a sled than can lo be hauled on a wagon at cuir seasons of tho the year in winter there Is a period of ivl several iral weeks when this w work 0 r ic M may ay bo be done tills this will enable one oae to haul the limestone without interfering to too 0 much with fee harvesting butchering wood cutting and other winter farm work if ille the weather Is favorable and the snow Is riot not too deep limestone may be applied at any time during the winter burned and hydrated lime however ev r may inay bo be put on more advantageously when the rind land can be worked so as to mix tho the lime ilme with the surface soil sell soon after spreading it will give b etter better results tilts this way than if left for some weeks on tile the surfaced surface unless mixed with tile the soil soon after spreading these more active forms go over to the some same chemical form as limestone in chunks which cannot be i mixed with the soil so completely as r soon after spreading its ita form an intimate mixture of lime with tile tho soil always gives best results any kind of lime should be kept in a dry place lump lime Is sometimes piled in the field to slake tilts this results in considerable waste hydrated lime must bo be kept dry or it continues sinking and tile the bags may burst open making it to handle them and causing some waste further it takes up weight so there Is moro more to handle when it comes to hauling and spreading ln this this int creaso in weight and billy bul may well be considered in spreading so as to he be sure that enough Is used to grow the desired crop |