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Lime Requirement of Several Red and Yellow Soils as Influenced by Organic Matter and Mineral Composition of Clays
Author(s) -
Jones U. S.,
Hoover C. Dale
Publication year - 1950
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1950.036159950014000c0022x
Subject(s) - lime , composition (language) , citation , soil water , horticulture , chemistry , library science , mathematics , history , environmental science , art , geology , soil science , computer science , biology , literature , paleontology
TIMING acid soils has been practiced for at least 3,000 -•-' years. In 1821 there appeared an article in the American Farmer about the action of calcareous manures on soils in tidewater Virginia (12). Since that time countless essays, articles, bulletins, and research papers have been written on this subject. It is a soil management practice that has been widely publicised and about which a mass of information has been accumulated yet many problems associated with the application of lime to soils have not been solved. It should be emphasized in the beginning that for the purpose of this discussion, the lime requirement of a soil is that amount of CaCO3 that is necessary to neutralize the soil acidity.