Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1916 — PRINCIPAL EFFECTS OF LIME UPON SOIL [ARTICLE]

PRINCIPAL EFFECTS OF LIME UPON SOIL

Sweetens .Sourness and Correct® Acidity—Clammy Soil Does Not Yield Well. It may be said that lime has two principal effects upon soil. It sweetens sour soil; it improves the physical defects. Crops will not do well in sour soil. This is readily shown in alfalfa and clover. The leaves turn yellow and the plants look sickly when the soil is sour. Such soil needs lime to neutralize the acid. - l Heavy, cloddy, clammy soil will not yield well. Such soil does not easily admit air and water and does not support soil bacteria so important in a fertile soil. TJse lime if you have such soil-