Show LOCAL LIME SUPPLY USEFUL necessary food furnished for plants plant and Is great aid in speeding up many crops prepared by the united states department ot of agriculture while lime Is not usually listed among the commercial rs it furnishes a necessary food for plants and when properly used Is a great aid in speeding up the production of many crops its greatest value is for correcting acidity of the soil under which condition many plant swill not thrive it also improves the soils physical condition and influences favorably the decomposition of organic matter in some cases it may make available aval lable to some extent soluble forms of potash and other minerals it 18 19 particularly valuable it if there Is a good supply of organic matter in the soil spring Is a good time to fo apply lime particularly the hydrated form and specialists of the department of agriculture are urging that local limestone deposits be utilized in every pos possible way this Is already being done in man many y places but no doubt the practice could be widely extended llo however wever it involves in the case of grinding the purchase and delivery of grinding machinery chI which may be difficult to accomplish comp com and in the case of local burning it means the purchase and delivery of fuel unless there Is local fuel available wherever fuel either wood or coal is available however together ei with a local supply of limestone every effort should be put forth to make use of this limestone in the present emergency |