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The use of lime on acid soils is a necessary part of farming programs on most humid-region soils. Liming became a general practice in this country around 1900. Twenty-three million tons of lime were applied in 1957. An estimated 80 million tons of liming materials are needed annually to maintain soil fertility and permit maximum crop yields.
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Mantell, C.L., Mantell, A.M. (1976). Humanizing the Earth. In: Our Fragile Water Planet. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0754-9_7
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