The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-25
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may be, than To- do exercises ID once
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Editor Of The Timer Dtspatcii:
sir,-Will you please answer tho fol-
lowing questions a. near as you can, 10
Tho Tlnes- Dispatch? u How many rural
free delivery mali routes have bcen -
etablished In Virginia., and what counties
were they established in? 2. How long
will It take the Government to establish
tho State of virginia with free delivery
mall at the present rate of procedurc?
Have the congressman from each dis.
trict any Influence with the Examining
Hoard toward speeding tho establishing
OF the rural free delivery route "a
CUnSrANT READER
]. Fivs hundred and elshty-eigl1t rural
carriers; thG number u being increased
monthly. They are established upon
Recommendation Of the Congressman
when the n,lsnbsr. Of patrons justify .
route. 4
Q Tho Times Dispatch has regularly
published the location and counties In
which these routes are established from
time to time. s
Editor Of Times Dispatch:
Sir,--To whom shall writs to lind ont
about tbg Civil Servics examinations In
Electrical Engineering? BUISsCRL
u. 8. Civil 6orvics Commissioner. wash
ihSton q. G.
Editor Of T.mesrp Dispatch: rs
3 sir-cans you arswer this following
l i IL there a training school in the
United States for young men wishing to
become oaicsrs on merchant or pa ssenger
steamers? 3
81 q How can you enter this school ana
what are the examinations and require
msnts1 II "A
4. !. Is II ! pay school. Il %. how
much y charged?
We know nothing q such 4 school. II
such exists. information concerning II
lnay % had from unitsd States Com
missioner OF Education. washington, ..
C. 3s, s.s
Editor OF Tiznaa-D Dispatch: 81
sir,-Will you kindly IN form me through
your Query Column how lime benefits
land VIII ther II is bsst to put 1t on
ground, or " lump, and II ground.
or on lop7 Would II bo Desirable for
rain just after sowing or not Would
1t not hs vine before lining to have tho
roll analysed and II analysed whnt would
he the expense Of same?
ADS no 1I & B. =. Jr.
Lime acts IA the following ways: /.
:As i dried plant food. g. On the In
solnnble portions ri the soil uberauns
other plant food !. especially potash. 1t.
also. corrccts the acidIty Of acid soils;
s. BY improving the mechanical condi- (
ton OF coils. making heavy soils lighter
and Light soils heavier. Lime Is needed
especially for the second and th.rd pur--@
poses. 83S
B For the majority n soils slaied lime
Is the best form to apply, ground Hne-#
stone rock is too slow, and quick lsma
and gas lime are too corrosive. Tho
quick lime lis. however the form In which
1t should be bought, and then hauled
Immediately to the neld, where y should
be thrown out III small plies and then
covered with dirt and left so until It is
All s!aked, which. as a ruie, does not res
5aulre long. When thoroughly siaked 1t
should be scattered over the land and
narrowed In. II It Is desired to use
a lime spreaus- or drill. Stake with suf-
ticient water to a fine powder and then
use in the machine. $} 81
IL Is OF little consequence fWHetncE OF
not rain quickly follows the application
OF limo: but some nttle time should
elapse after it's application before the
land Is seeded.
The analysis OF single sample Of soil
is of very little value, rs the interpre-
tation OF such an analysis is very difficult
and unsatisfactory. 55 4s $55
IN ------------------' az 84s$$