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Use of Lime in Soil Improvement, by Alva Agee
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Title: Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement
Author: Alva Agee
Release Date: May 8, 2008 [EBook #25389]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ASCII
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Right Use of Lime In Soil Improvement
By ALVA AGEE
[Illustration: Applying Lime]
Secretary New Jersey State Department of Agriculture
Formerly director of agricultural extension in the Pennsylvania State College and New Jersey State College of Agriculture.
Illustrated
NEW YORK ORANGE JUDD COMPANY
LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO., LIMITED
1919
Copyright 1919, by ORANGE JUDD COMPANY
All Rights Reserved
Printed in U. S. A.
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CHAPTER PAGE
1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. THE LIME IN SOILS 4
3. SOUR SOILS 10
4. EVIDENCES OF ACIDITY 15
5. TESTS FOR ACIDITY 20
6.