Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-03-27
uMf As A fsRIilzIR.

u eetn only Tor Two ar thret years. "a
many esse., u they should apply 80 OF
- bushels of slskei line to the acre, At Z
coat Of CENTS = bushel, they could
grow q large crop ~ clover aud soon gr,
their land In share 20 produce almost
sny crop at profit. such an applica-
tion of lime need be made only every
seven or eight years. Lime on most ruu
do~n Lands, Ike ensilsge, has q hene-
iciai eject that chemists cannot account
for. Even land underlsh With lime
stone ofteutimcs responds promptly Ia
an application 10 .sk~i lime. The lime
should always - kept near the surface
"a possible, a. II has a great tendency Ia
~ downward, and will socn ~, beyond
IN. r,sch of plant roots. Probably the
be-t time To apply lime l. When land u
20 BE- seeded With winter grain In the
fall. OF oats la the spring. Amer ths
ground is rcady for the .eet-drill, so~
the lime with shovel or by means % =
manurc-spread.r, or limespreader
mad. for this particular use, aud then
drill Ia your grsin. The drill ~lli stir
the groand sufiicisntly Ia mix the lims
With the soil. Many II not most of the
frin,rs In the Eastern States complain
that they can no longer ~, a good catch
~ clover. In mo.t 20 these cases the
land needs lime more than anything else.
Iwell remember What hrm b-lieyer
my father ~ss In the use Of lime. III
barned hi. own lime-about 30
bushels az time. The stone ~As hauled
during the winter from q distance oi
thrve miles aud the coal Tor burning the
same ~ miles, aud yet he thought b.
wss veil repaid for hls trouble. 1hs
old homestead Is q sandy loan, vel
drained and rolling, aud seems to b.
utterly defcisnt Ina lime. lie used lime
freely, aud always had good catches of
clover. A. time passed by and the uss
20 lime wss neglected, clover failures
~trc frequent rather than the exception
timothy also began Ia fall 90 take, and
80 difficult ws. Il for us Ia get good
clover aud timothy sod, that once ~s
had u ~e ~crr loath Ia plow Il under
until II had entirely run out ~ grass,
Most % our neighbour. experienced the
same drs~ backs. I remember my "a
ther pointing out % mc a Held ne~l ly
s.s.ied With clover where through ths
centrr 90 Il the men had failed io lime 4
ll.pacc land. the clover ms rank ou
either side ~ this lspd While this strip
xas almost barren. Years After~ard,
when the writer took charge ~ The old
plsce, the use % lime Was resumed, and
there never has been = failure in the
clover crop slncc. aud nos II !. prac'
tice on this fsrm never 90 seed down .
feld unle.. a c,at of lime OF sccd-ashe-
4. applied, aud thi. prsCtic- will b. al.
hsred to until all the arabic land i. gone
over.
have also ssen beneficial results from
the application ot lime Ia the sod of an
ordinary pasture lot. one plat oi
ground la high state of cultivation has
been used for several wears for growing
be,ts for cattle, appl, ing az high a. ~
tons Of riCh stable manure 10 the acre
Two ye,r. ago planted this plat with
potatoes. apply ing liso pounds of high
grade potato-msnure to the acre. Blight
struck the patch when In bloom, and tlis
crop vas ruined. Very little % ths
fertilizer could have been expended In
the growth Of thl. crop. The same fall
mi. land wAs seeded With wheat, aud
clover aud timothy seed we're sOsn the
nsxt spring. The nsxt adjoining nsld,
of the same character of sol, but not
nearly so riCh, grew crop of corn on
sod tururd ubd.r, and was se-ied dos a
With rye the same fall, and S0 bushel.
of line applied al that time. No Other
fertilizer was used. clover aud timothy
~er, also sown the neat spring. When
the winter grain wAs harvested, II wa-
very noticeable that the catch ~ clover
on IN. field where the lime was applied
was much better than the other Held
fertiliIed With a potato manure which
was guafanieed Ia be- complete fcrtil'
ifer. II would appear that lime, al lcasi
on this land. has an effect on clover that
the most expensly. frrtiliGers have not.
IL l. nov my practice Ia u.e lime Ia g.'
a good catch of clover. sud apply stable
manure to the Young grO~th of clover,
where thin: We g,t q good crop ~
clover hay the next year. This, With
en.ilag,. Ne feed 10 our milking coss
IN. clover soi Il turned under th. 'ol'
lo~lng spring aud planted, a part With
largr-growth corn for ensilage, remain'
der with potatoes. where the ground !.
-uUAulfs - Nlf nf-A Nut u'-t f'Nhes.''
rotation for us. Those dairym.n who
have once tried Il viii not return sgain
10 the expensive method of keeping a
dairy on timothy and dry cornstalss OF
fodder.
have observed that lime made from
blue limestone L. the bsst for agricultural
purposes; II hs. also the advantage by
h~lng cheaper. IL can b. had AZ the
kilns for from I. 20 cents q bushsl fof
stone lime loaded on the car, the freight
charges will of course depend on the
distance. This stone lime when slaked
With air or water will more than doable
In bulk. aud will then cost when ready
for IN. field about 5 c-nts q bu.bsl.
Refuse lime, made from white or marble
limestone burned for balldlng purposes,
can often be had for "a csnts wagon
load At the kiln when One does his own
loading. hi. IL already air-slsked, bat
Il often fails To take hold where lime
made from blue stone does. One can be
.urrr still % getting good catch oi
clover on most soils by using unlesehed
wood a.he.. some writers sssert that a
substitute Tor Wood ashes can be had
cheaper In kalnit aud bone dust, bat
those Who advocate thl. fall To observe
that wood ashes contain many other
fer,iliiing elements of value besldes
potash, aud that the potash In ksluit V Z
dead potash, and not 80 available for
crop gro~th.
IbslI.ve that the vegetable llme In
Wood ashes. which constitutes the great.
or part % the bulk and weigh, Of wood
ashes, aud IL worth several times a.
much a. the weight of ordinary sgrI'
cultural lime, !, the main cause In many
case- why those Who apply wood ashes
get good eatche. of clover. An spplics.
ton % S0 bushels of uolrached wood
ashe. would cost applied VI or :. an
acre; this would he little dearer thai
lime. bot silll chesper than the ordinary
commercial fertilizer. I once heard m
old farmer say that the best ie-t of
good farmer MAS ones ability 20 mak'
rundown land grow . good crop ol
clover. Think . have pointed out ths
uay 10 do this AZ an expenditure which
4. within the mesns Of all who NAY
~i.h TO avail themselves OF it--Cor
Coaniry Gentleman.