Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-01-09

LINE AS A FERTiLIZER.-At the meeting of
the Elmira New York Farmers Climb. Nv
~, In reply to an inquiry from the President ss
what he should do with a quantity af air
stacked lime which he had on band, Mr.. Lewis
rltch said, as reported In the Elmira Ady.r-
tiser: " nu'er-
ABOUT Thirteen years ago | had n nir,o or
Srouhu ten or twelve acres i'll extent. which lad
oeeh SO badly run that it would not nroduc a
any useful crop. 1t was too miseratlv moor -
raise weeds except sorrel, AMI with thai i. ,,a =
completely covered. plowed it well and rl.m,
Gu pI,.atoes, anu OF course gol no crop. Not
acquainted with its Poverty, had h,n,aJ ~.
qingeht care would bring moderate cron hn,
was mistaken, The worthless sorrel VA no
ohiy tning that would grow, and that n,ono,,a-
hIeu the ground in spite OF my efforts 10 III
po.s , The next year bought three hum
uIea pusheis OF lime anu spread 1t on about
onehaif of tho ground, throwing II ,to,a ~
wagon with shovel, That made !, GOOD r, ii.e
pressing. My idea was that should linus orarl
come the sorrel, for thought lime Wa ;,s W.,
tiuote' planted that portion again 10 no,s,oas
anu was rewarded with a yeTy fine cron anJ
total extinction OF solrel which has neyar an,
pealen since From that time to this, when
ar,iisn.. Pieee proved, traces of that lime
aPPicatioh are seen. II proved n comnla,a
| renovation OF the worn out land. Ancshar ~
nai hapie instance OF its good effect | Witnessed
many years ago oil land near Hotinan,s Grova
.nlch was then In possession of the Necalanics'
association, and my brother had a no,tion to
sow 10 wheat. 1t was wet, cold and moor so
,eil inpelled to say to him "you cannot raise
wneat there' lie insisted ON the trial, and az
preparation gave II a liberal dressing OF limo
.,is' sut was ine crop OF wheat, which was
llahliestly due 10 that lime When we ,sad
10 nun lumber down the river: / had onnor,n'
mites OF observing the Use to which lima Was
p ani III 'le vicinity OF Little York In Pennsyl-
vanilla That Is a limestone region. and simos,
every farmer had his private Kiln In which he
prepare lime Tor his own Use. They drew Il or
30 hoefauy That heaps dumped from a bnsbel
anu 4 half basket would lie MOI more han ninh,
ieet apart. l cannot say how murh v,lne !,
MAUI Dnl II Is certain that the region il onricnI
tuiaily one OF the richest III the Stale. and its
eAeehehce Is supposed to be maintained. ifno,
created, by the Use OF lime | beliey,. fla,
. uo,e llme mas been thrown on the ground in
tnas locality than all that has ever been used in
THIS city for all purposes.
D. Z. Howell--Wbat Is the soil ?
Lewis fitch--Ciay black loan, red shale and
mxt'ire OF these kinds. There is yery I,roe
tN'eul Of country with varying soils. wh.1s
ei'a. dependence Is placed on the use of lime
anu Tue richness OF all attests the wisdom of
lis use. "''0'ni VI
PRESIDENT Hohinan--With the lime on vou,
poor piece did you use other manure ''
Lewis fitch-Sone at all that wear. and the
lohoNiiY year sowed 1t with oats and had
Az excellent crop, without any further applica
s,on VI uuia or fertilizers. On that crop il was
o.o . ,Aeul Win grass, which made a good catch.
grow before. At the subsequent ploying o.bsr
manures were used, and the piece has ALWAYS
proved reliable for good crop of whate Yer
klud have cared to raise.