The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-26
FARM AND GARDEN
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
ACRIcULTURISTS
s~ne Up-to-Dats Hints About CuitivA-
tion of the Soil and Yields Thereof
Horticulture. yIticulturs and FloricuI-
tnre.
Eject Of Lin. ON Acid soris.

EsH"ce OF Lime on ACtu c0hn
At the Rhode Island College of Ag- !
rfculture tests were made to ascertain
the value of lime ON acid soils. Some
Of the results were as follows:
HEMP
whe growth of this plant 10 decidedly
helped by lining.
BARLEY. (Frorn Germany
The following is record OF the
weights of total crop taken immedi-
ately upon cutting:
Pounds
Unlimed sulphats Of ammonia
plot ............-...... Wv
LINED sulphate OF ammonia plot. .O.25
Unlimed nitrate of. soda plot. ...0.1O
LINED nitrate of soda plot. .0.95
Pounds.
Unlimed sulphats OF ammonia
plot NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. zoo
Lined sulphate of ammonia plot. IT'S
Unlimed nitrate of soda plot. AIS
LINED nitrate of soda plot. 1920
Pounds.
Unlimed sulphAts Of ammonia
plot .............. .O.65
Eimed sulphate of ammonia plot. $50
Unlimed nitrate OF soda plot. .2.55
LINED nitrate Of soda plot. .......7.5O
The experimenter says: Regardless
of the fact that long interval OF time
had now elapsed since lime was ap-
Piled. the lined plots, as in former
years, gave, in every instance, greater
returns than the unlimed ones. Nitro
gen in nitrate of soda proved decidedly
superior to nitrogen in sulphate of am
monia."
The trial of cats was made for the
purpose of ascertaining il benefit from
lime would be still noticeable several
years after it's application. The oats
were cut at maturity and weighed i'm
mediately without drying. The results
Pounds.
Unlimed sulphats Of ammonia
plot 1925
Lined sulphate of ammonia plot. 1925
Unlimed nitrate OF soda plot. .120O
LINED nitrate of soda plot. 49,. 1923
SPRING RYE.
Pounds
Unlimed sulphate of ammonia
plot NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .z.2O
LINED sulphate of ammonia plot. 1.35
Unlimed nitrate of soda plot. -. .2.05
Lined nitrate of soda plot. ...... .2.45
The results indicate no benefit from
lime upon the sulphate of ammonia
plots, and the good growth upon the
unlimed one is in harmony with
previous observations, which go to
show that spring rye can Withstand
acid conditions exceptionally well.
Cow-PEA. Cwhippoorwill)
The experimenter says: Certain
legumes, such as clover and alfalfa,
are almost failures upon our acid soil
unless lime is employed Others. such
as Serradella and the Lupines, have
invariably been injured by lining, at
least at an interval of a year or two
after its application. The soy (soja)
bean has been found to be admirably
adapted to our acid soil, and, owing
to the great promise OF the cow-pea
especially for use as green manure, il
has been thought best to test 1t in
this particular. The following weights
are those OF undried material:
Pounds
Unlimed sulphnte OF ammonia
plot l5.t
LINED sulphate Of ammonia plot. .61.C
Unlimed nitrate OF soda plot. .69.5
LINED nitrate Of soda plot. ...... .55.s
1t win be seen that lime proved in
furious in connection with nitrate OF
soda and with sulphate OF ammonia
In fact, the greatest yield was obtained
upon the unlimed sulphate of ammo
mia plot where beets, lettuce, spinach
and asparagus cannot exist. Next Ia or.
der is the yield from the other unlimit.
sd plot, which from It's manurial treat
ment is naturally less acid than the
unlimed sulphate OF ammonia plot. o.
the two lined plots. that which is mos
acid gave q greater yield than the
other. These results show the great
adaptability of the cow-pea to acid
soil.