The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-10-30
Farm, HON Nc,.
Advantages Of the use Of Line.

'siHuS INC uONhUrEcs W Nu use,
thus:
Tho advantages Of pso OF lime
Arc ~ many and ~ great that il Il
alipest impossible to euuinernte the
whole Of them. Their effects may be
described a. b,ins both chemical
aud machanical. and as bring exer-
ei.el bsth on thc organic and in.
orsauic constituents OF the soil. The
following may DO taken ns sum
mary OF the principal benefits:
Il. A lsrg, produce % C real crops
Of superior quality. THIS is csp,c.
tally the case with wheat, which
bccjmrs thinner skinned AMI yields
more -four. The pea. grow upon
lined lands are better boilcrs.
"2. Upon dcop alIuviaI and clay
coils il Increases tho crop Of potatoes
and renders ,bcn less waxy.
SprinkeIed over potatoes /, tho store
heap il prcsrvos them, aud when
riiJlol. over tho cut sets, 1t Won
derfulIy increases their fertility.
80. Lime era iicatcs the finger
and toe disease in turuirs, and gives
great souniness and moro bu,ri,iyc
qualities to the bulbs.
II. 1t gives, when applied to
meadow lanls a larger produce Of
nutritious grasses, and checks tho
foot-rot in sheep pasturei upon
them. II also cX'erminates., bent. a.
well as coarse aud sour grasses, de-
stroys couch grass, and acts power.
fully upon the rye grasses.
-. Upon arabic land it destroys
the corn-marigolj, and weeds of
various kinds.
"6. II rapidly dccomposcs vege-
table matter, producing a large
amount Of food for pllnt' in the
form Of carbonic acid gas
~. 1t destroys or nutra'izes the
acids in the soils, 'heEco its odap,a-
bili'y to our soils
-. II acts powerfully upou somo
o' the inorganic parts of soils, es-
pec'ally on tho sulrhatc OF iron
found il. .peaty soils, aud sulpha,cs
of nagnesia and alumina.
80, 1t proves Ltal to worms and
slugs, and the larym Of Injurious in
sec !, though f.v1ra to tho growth
of shell.b bearers.
40. 1t destroys the germ of smut
upon the seed Of wheat, barley AMI
oats, and is especially acceptable &c
the barley crop VIII ch IS generally
Of good quality upon chalky soils.
al. SlackcI limo ldel to veg-
etablo matter causes it to givo off it,
nitrogen 10 the form of ammonia
Upon soils in which the ammonia i,
combined with acids it sets free ,h,
ammonia, which is directly seizeC
upon by the plants.
'12. is solubiliry in water caus
cs it to sink into and ameliorate The
subsoil. When tho soil contain
fragments OF granite or trap-rocks
lime hastens their decomposition
and libcrates the silicates.
"13. Its combination with the
acids in the soil produces saline com.
pounds, such as potash, s1da, etc
IL. 1t exerts u marvellous ciTec
upon rape, though it is sail to in
jara fax which in Belgium is not
grown for seven Yeas after LINING.
"lj. Srewed over the yonn-
plants, it destroys or drives away th,
turnip fly.
"l6. Worked in with grass seeds
the beueticiaI ELECTS OF lime, chalk
mari and she'll sand have been Wis.
ible for period Of thirty years.
al. 1t has powerful pulvers
ing effect upon the wealden day, on
the sandstone formation, and on tn
granite aud slate rocks.
is. 1t is 'u,rally supposed t.
hasten the ripeuing OF grain crops.
"l9. IL pronot's the formation
in the soil OF what are called III,
double silicates. This process Start,
with the clay, or 81 iiate Of al,
umina, AMI il is afterwards coulin,
cd through the S, of alumna anC
lime, the s. Of A. aud soda, A. ant
potash, and A. and ammonia.
"2O. Applied to tho rot.heap
lime elTectuaIly destroys the seed 0
weeds.
ITO sum up its aivantages-wher
properly applied to the soil it puri
fes and stimu lates its action, there,
by promoting the growth OF. healthy