Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-16
BEST TINE TO BUY
LIME OR LIMESTONE
Farmer and Shipper Must Con.
tend With Car Shortage

Car shortage is still the most i'm.
portant situation that the farmer and
shipper have to contend with.
Buy now, If you expect to secure
agricultural lime or ground limestone
for spring Use.
The railroad embargo is a very seri-
Gus condition on nearly all Ohio rail-
roads and electric lines. The volume
OF business Of the railroads is greater
than their capacity to handle
Farmers must foresee their oppor-
tunity and endeavor to buy the goods,
including lime, limestone, fertilizers.
seeds ard other supplies which they
will need, and have same shipped OF
once.
Producers are unable to guarantee
shipments Of these materials after
March I, 1917, for the reason that
thousands OF carloads of grain and
other materials are waiting to be de-
livered and unloaded between here
and the sehboard. Just as soon as
some of tn ese cars are unloaded 9TH
ers are put in.
Some calS have remained undeliv-
cred and unloaded from SO to 80 days
after spec Lal shipping arrangements
had been made.
It is hard for us to realize what q
vast amount Of money it takes to do
business under such conditions. The
coming year will be the year Of all
years for the farmer to produce. He
will need mally supplies, including
lime or limestone, possibly some new
equipment such as farm machinery.
The warning; to farmers is to buy
early, not later than Feb. Is, 1917, at
the latest, rather than to be disap-
pointed by no t being able to secure
the goods, VIII len he will NEED and
MUST HAVE Il he is going to pro
duce Q crop.
The amount Of tonnage to b
handled by the farmer who is about
to apply lime or ground limestone t.
= given acreage is comparativel!
large - the haul is often quite long
and sometimes over roads which ar
almost impossible during the earl!
Spring months. This is true over to'
large portion Of this State.
The most economical time to hau
lime or limestone is during the Win
ter months wlRen the time Of team
and labor is not quite SO valuable.
Agricultural lime and ground lime
stone is usually purchased in carloa,
lots. Nearly so per cent of the Nusl
ness Is shipped in cars which hold i
! tons of hydrated lime or 25 tons
ground limestone Very few shfl
ments are made in small Quantitie'
Of less than carlDts.
Therefore, it means considerable t
the community that is about to trea
land for soil acidity to have thes
materials upon the ia I'm and ready t
/ apply.
The use of lime anti limestone owe
three-fourths of the State, has Ion
passed the experim entail stageS
other words it is business propos
tion, and one which, no farmer ca
afford to overlook If he wishes I
farm with profit.
Furthermore, he cannot afford
wait if he knows Il tat his soils neeo
lime or limestone. Putting of frol
one year to the next from OF
season to the mex season - simpl
means less returns. lower profits, di
satisfied help and lack of faith in
business which r. Nuires all OF II
thought and the en- ergy that any oth'
business requires.
The sooner tina t we think in ca
loads Of these me- rterlals, rather ths
ton lots, the bett or it will he for
concerned.
The coming t-wo months are II
portant ones to consider this note
warning whic as been stat sd abov
Cars are di ffic1 alt to secure.
Deliveries can not be made.
Place your orc Eers early, withput !
lay. 49,