The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-06-06
Tennessee Farm News.
HOW TO USE LIME.

southeastern states, at Knoxville,
tennessee. April 1890, the question
of the usa of lime on soils of Tonnes
see was considered.
The agreement was unanimous
that the soils of the southeastern
states are seriously deficient in lime,
so that lining is essential to their
most profitable development and per-
nanent improvement.
Suitable agricultural lime mater
ials are high calcium, magnetism and
dolomitic limestone; also high grade
oyster shells and mari, together with
the burnt products Tor the chemical
el ivalence of such) of any of these
in the amounts hereafter recommend
ed by this Conference.
The finer the limestone is ground,
the greater is its immediate availa-
bility. Limestone ground to pass
thru a ten-mesh screen, all finer
particles included, is recommended
for the common application of tons
per acre. Either very finely pull
verified limestone or burnt lime is
recommended, where an application
of only a few hundred pounds per
acre is to be made.
For general use an application of
/ to tons of ground limestone per
acre, or one-half that amount of
burnt lime, once in rotation of not
more than five years was recommend
ed. For alfalfa and permanent past
ures, an initial application of double
these amounts should be made.
Lime may safely be used at any
point in the ordinary farm rotation
without serious loss of the material.
If applied in connection with titled
crops, it's mixture with The soil will
be insured. The effects of lime are
likely to be in proportion to the
thoroness with which it is mixed with
the soil in which the crop roots de-
velop.
Lining is most profitable in those
rotations in which legumes are pro-
minent; but, over large areas in these
states, especially on the heavier types
of soil, lining is profitable for corn,
small grains, and grasses.
With soils poor in potash and phos-
phate, lining gives best results when
supplemented by materials carrying
these constituents.
REAL MARKET EGGS.
Eggs produced by hens that are
ing the summer months cannot reach
the market with any fair degree of
quality.
Two male birds consume as muci
feed as three hens. Male birds are
necessary only during the Matching
season. Matching in Tennessee should
be completed not later than the mid
die of May, and in most instances the
end of April.
location, mild winter, and the adap-
liability of our land to produce win
ter grain crops, it is easy for us to
maintain a foremost place in winter
ana spring egg production. Our
nights are cool. We have ample grain
for summer feeding, and we have
splendid water supply. In order to
maintain high prices and make our |
State very profitable summer egg |
locality, it remains for us to do away |
with male birds and require mer-
chants buying eggs to handle them
at time of purchase.
HOW TO'HANDLE EGGS.
Gather the eggs twice daily.
Allow none except the porcelain
nest egg to remain in the nest over
night.
Market the eggs at least twice a
week
Keep these eggs covered in the
coolest place possible from the time
gathered until marketed.
Take dampened rag and soda and |
wipe soiled eggs as soon as gathered.
Insist upon eggs being candled at
time of purchase, and full market
value paid for them.
Dispose of all old ROSTERS; mas
much as it is too late now to hatch
chickens for winter layers.
Market all cockerels as soon as
they attain weight of pounds.
ONE COOPERATIVE SHIPMENT
well, the trip with the pigs to
st. Louis was all right. We reached
there Sunday a. M, had the hogs I'M
loaded at II a. m, and fed by 11:30
a. M, gave them bushels of corn
in morning and later on in day.
Home weights were 18,477, and st.
Louis weights were 1880, a differ