The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
FARMERS CLUB.
Resume of the Remarks Before
That Body at the Last Meeting
by Mr.. C. L. Rem.

The Farmers Club, of this place.
met on Thursday evening, the 9th
inst. After the usual routine of busi-
ness was transacted, the subject, docs
it pay to lime, and how to apply"
was take N up and discussed.
Mr.. G. l.. Renu addressed the men,
bers as follows:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men: l suggest that lime be applied
III the spring after the ground has been
narrowed once. Apply the lime and
harrow over again. This should be
done before planting, but if you have
not time to plant your corn, and as
soon as you have planted it, haul your
lime aud put 1t on in half-bushel piles,
certain distance apart, and spread it
as soon as Stacked. Most every
farmer has time 10 haul lime at that
time and it will do as much good.
prefer this way instead of applying
IL on top OF the sod, as soon as the
grouna Is loose and open to receive it,
aud the strength lost Immediately i'm
the soil when applied on top of the
500. The ground gets hard and dry
ana the rains wash some of it away,
while the other does not sink very
deep in the ground and when you turn
this sod down in the fall the lime
which you have put on the ground is
at the bottom. During the winter and
spring months, the greatest part of the
strength, which is turned under, sinks
beyond the depth of blowing and so
The strength is entirely lost. On the
contrary, when applying it on top of
the plowed ground, when ready to be
worked, it sinks and dissolves much
faster, and when you plow the same
ground up again you have much
greater part of the strength which is
left on top again, aud by so doing you
get the full benefit of it in your crops
and your soil will get it also. In re-
gard to the kind of lime, l suggest
stone lime in preference to Stacked, as
one bushel of fresh stone lime Stacked,
contains more strength than two BUSH
els of air-slacked lime.
And does it pay to lime?
Gentlemen, this is a question offs great
importance throughout the counties
and State. 1t is a paying Investment
IN my estimation, and produces Won
derful results, especially if the ground
be poor aud wet. Some people will
haul a little lime if their land is poor
and don't grow anything much for
trial, and cover this piece of ground
very heavy with lime, and it will al
most kill the soil Tor year or two and
then they say it don't pay to lime.
They don't know that poor ground
cannot stand as much lime as rich
ground eau. If they would take double
the amount of land aud put the same
lime on it, they would reap a better
benefit from it. Others will haul
some lime and throw it on u
pile and let it remain that way for six
months or a year until it has lost most
of its strength before they spread it,
and then they will say it don't pay 10
lime. There are others yet, who don't
haul any and they say it don't pay
to lime, because it makes little more
work and takes a little more money.
The farmer who lines his farm over
every three or four years and puts it on
in the right way and at the right time
will tell you that it pays to lime; he
will tell you it is the best money ne
ever invested.
Gentlemen, | claim it will pay any
man well, if he has poor wet land, to
lime it, aud if he hasn't the money to
buy the lime, to borrow 1t at six per
cent. and pay the interest on it one
year; enough money to lime one half
Of his ground that he puts in corn for
a test. When he gathers his corn crop
he will receive almost double the
amount of corn from the piece of
| ground that he lined. the ears will be
filled well and solid and the stalks will
be larger aud have better blades;
and the ground that was lined will
bring much better grass and more
wheat than the ground that was not,
By 50 doing you will have double the
amount of feed, and straw to make
time ago, in speaking of the making,
saving and applying of manure, apply
the lime, that will make and save
your manure. To return to the man
who lined one-half of his corn crop,
he received double the amount of corn.
When he sells it he receives double
the amount of money that he receives
from that ground which was not
lined. He can pay back the borrowed
money and the interest Oh it, and still
nave IuOIt cdSu Iuoncy leu tldn uc
has from the other. Lime will make
wet soil dry and you rarely see rich
soil wet. In regard to the way and
the time of putting lime on your soil,
it has a great something to do with the
Improvement of it. You always see a
good and prosperous farmer who lines
his land intelligently, getting along
better than his fellows, and it stands
to reason that he can make money
faster. His fencing looks better, his
buildings are in good repair and it is
encouraging. While the farmer who
don't Use lime at all will become very
poor and the fences and buildings will
look very bad and finally he gets dis
Outraged with farming.
Mr.. John E. Phleeger also expressed
himself on the above subject.