Show LIME ON THE FARM the value of lime to the far farmer is so great that in many mountainous regions where beda beds of limestone rock are to be bd found it would certainly pay a farmer to occasionally burn a quantity A second grado quality is as good for farm pur purposes poles as the tlc whitest of grades the effect of lime on soil arc are partly mechanical al and partly chemical if applied to deep alluvial or to bluy soils it iver increases cases the product particularly of root crops such as fis potatoes turnips beets etc if sown broadcast over grass lands pastures or alfalfa field fields it tends to destroy weeda weeds and coarse grasses while at the same time it im improves roves the growth of the more va valuable F bable species the good effects of lime on grass gra Ss lads orif or if lime cannot be procured lt and broken shell shells plainly visible for 25 95 years the farmer applies the term ani sour soils to such soils BS As have al kalies or acids in combination with ammonia or simply various acids the effect of which is to prevent the healthy growth of desirable crop lime applied to such soils is always an advantage lime acts upon the inorganic parts of the soil such as sulphate of iron and f it even ameliorates ameliorated the subsoil sub soil helping to decompose granite trap arid silicate rocks bacom by combining with the acids of the soil it produces potash soda and other compounds fit for plant food in the work of the farmer lime may have other uses uses applied to piles pilca of decaying weeds it destroys the germ germinating powers of the seeds sown over the leaves of growing plants it drives away insects it decomposes waste vegetable matter and it proves fatal to worms slug and larvae of insects these are practical advantages which ought to bo be understood by every farmer |