ILLUSTRATIONS

Applying Lime[Frontispiece]
1.Clover and Timothy Unfertilized at the Pennsylvania Experiment Station Yielded 2,460 pounds per acre[10]
II.Clover and Timothy with Lime alone at the the Pennsylvania Experiment Station Yielded 3,900 pounds per acre[11]
III.Clover and Timothy with Lime alone at the Pennsylvania Experiment Station Yielded 4,900 pounds per acre[14]
IV.Clover and Timothy with Fertilizer and Lime at the Pennsylvania Experiment Station yielded 6,290 pounds per acre[15]
V.Limed and Unlimed Ends of a Plot at the Ohio Experiment Station[16]
VI.Effect of Finely Pulverized Limestone on Clover in a Soil having a Lime Requirement of 5,200 Pounds of Limestone per Acre, at the Pennsylvania Experiment Station[17]
VII.Lime Favors Clover at the Ohio Experiment Station[24]
VIII.Lime Affects Growth of Corn at the Ohio Experiment Station[25]
IX.An Indiana Limestone Quarry[32]
X. A Limestone Plant
(Courtesy of the Michigan Limestone Company.)
[33]
XI.A Limestone Pulverizer for Farm Use
(Courtesy of the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio.)
[38]
XII.A Lime Pulver in Operation
(Courtesy of the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company.)
[39]
XIII.Laying Foundation for a Lime Stack at the Pennsylvania Experiment Station[48]
XIV.A Stack nearly Completed at the Pennsylvania Experiment Station[49]
XV.Effect of Excessive Use of Burned Lime without Manure at the Pennsylvania Experiment Station[52]
XVI.A Hydrated Lime Plant
(Courtesy of the Palmer Lime and Cement Company, York, Pa.
[53]
XVII.Filling the Lime Spreader at the Ohio Experiment Station[78]
XVIII. Lime Distributors [79]
XIX. Remarkable Effect of Lime on Sweet Clover at the Ohio Experiment Station [86]
XX.Sweet Clover Thrives When Lime and Manure are Supplied, Ohio Experiment Station[87]


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