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Agricultural E Effects of Lime. "t"t\ cro] Not a Direct Fertilizer? "jj Chief Value is Mechan- Bul . ical. had to 1 titn 7'aere is no doubt many fields n in the east that have been a long jpr tizie under cultivation would be W&efited by a dressing of lime. me !?bere is an old saving that u\jpxq makes the fathers rich and ( ihf sons poor." In one sense p it* is true, for lime under ordi (nwy conditions is not a direct fertilizer, aua anas none 01 me w-j iitrec essential plant foods?ni- ^ tar ten, phosphoric acid and pot- ^ j ma-to the soil. Its value is largo* . in its mechanical effect; as a . teriector of acidity and a liberait* of plant food. It certainly j Amos make light land more compv;t, which increases its water . Ik ding capacity, and heavy land j. more friable. The former condi.twin I have noted in the sandy file ot INew Jersey. I have also *ppiied to heavy clay knolls, and ^ \je effect in slacking the lumps vid putting such laud in good workableerudition has been very r eqi iKtactory. Many acies of our long tilled iidds are more or less acid. This j. .? in ire marked where there has l.'en a line of farming followed , , -<tti tw nas reduced the aumas contxi'. Vet on some soils where lJiAra la a Fui. 1 .. ^ f .... .. U I - ' ^ 10 u i a i i nit U1 V il UltT jbatter, and even whore manure ii- ~r< Ix'ah boon used in fairly liberal thi *y, tins trouble exists; couseqnontlv the yield of the grasses i ? unsatisfactory, and clover 801 I*i)s to grow altogether. Lime to correct this acid condition is cer- ^ tomly to be recommended. ...... , . ou Again, in the heavy cl iv soils T01 Tvfereed to, there is usually an ^ abundance of mineral elements. _ . . (IB particularly potash, but in an unavailable form for plants to , . r , CO kvo, ana is ot no more use to them iban is the gold locked up in a i. er , MOhg box lo a starving miser. * dune acts as the key to unlock "j jsich fertility, and its use tor this. jorpose is certainly legitimate. . light here the truth of tlio old j . ttlage comes in ; for we can read (^ iy sea that if we continue to use l I 'V C I'ae to unlock plant food, unless | ... i li Ue loss is made good by applied fertility of some sort, the time .11 1 p. wc ^.vll come when our dra.ts on ii* soil will bo dishonored. r ^ j "With these indisputable facts j. xi our minds, and clearly under&ood ; we are safe to go ahead gel Wid use lime when it is n ed d. Alter this nretaeo I It el *?r . de :< ..ted in stahng some experience Jr Willi Jirne, particularly with re lnt torencetothe grasses and clovers. na ioVoi.il tinios 1 have thought 1 ma Vad lully solved the clover probkm, but, alas ! like most of the airship" when put into service, ^ ihe theories failed to work. Then, when I had splendid clover fol- ^ ;5>\v wood ashes, I attributed the 0f riccees to the potash, but the fcr jext year, when I applied 200 0f founds of muriate of potash to we the acre, on better land, I failed fou 0 discover where it was put. me ?hen J was forced to lose faith in thr potash, and later have believed cf c it. was the lime in the ashes that 4si! the business. I have #believ? ! that wh?n manure' had been , In lie used liberally clover would al- ?, m. ways grow. That this is riot true 1 row know to my sorrow. 1 gum lave one field that has not ntime 1 ? good application of stab nic. <i< ? )epartment. A e once in each four year roon. On it I can prow heavy ps of corn, potatoes and grain ; ^ fact the yield of each of these ^ increased during this period. ^ b in that time I have never ^ I in this field a patch of clover pi ive over winter nor a crop of lothy that was worthy the ^ ne. It certainly does not lack ^ tility. In addition to the ma- r e I have used all sorts of com- tj rcial fertilizers, both singly w 1 in combination, and so far ai anything that made hay was icerned the results were nega- j e. . We have oats in it now, aud ' a 1 replow and sow with rye and w 88 seed this fall, and at least |f of it will get a dressing of ^ ie. So much for the faith it is in me. Two years ago, in sparing an acre of the bottom ^ d referred to in a recent arti- ^ on the hay crop for alfalfa, at (j i - C T\ . T 1 I ) request ui ur. uoruau, wno Q nished me Rome inoculated 1, L sowed in two strips onearter of an acre each at the ,e of 5000 pounds of lime to ^ 5 acre. One of these strips s inoculated, the other not. jj ere were two other strips of (j ii a I size with no lime, one inilated, the other not. By Oc- t ier 1 the alfalfa was all gone (; mi both strips where there was ^ lime, but there was a fair Liul where the lime was used j d the strip not iuoculated was no way iuferior to the other, is was a surprise to me, but a eater was in store. Because of e two barren strips 1 plowed up e whole acre the next spring, wing it with oats and peas and eding with clover and timothy, lis year the two strips where e lime was applied cut at least e-third more hay than the at ?f tlm ucro u nil flm ? ?~ i j in ti nijr t owed fully as much superiority , the clover. One could note , o difference as far as the field ( uld be seen. On a heavy clay field,on anoth- j farm that has never given any od crop of hay, particularly , >ver, when seeding with rye d grass seed in the fall of 1004, f ised in about two acres, through | e center of the field, lime at j e rate of 500 pounds to the acre, t irking it well into the soil. ' iu summer of 1905 was entirely i thout ruin and when the rye t is out no clover was visible ( ywhere. Early in August the j ins came, and in October the j ned portion had a decent stand clover on it. We have just B thered the hay oir this field, ( d limed strip was much in evi- j nee. I'he difrerance in the : tft of the mower when we cut * ;o that part of the field would f ve been apparent to a blind ' in.? Edw. V an Alstyne in Tri- t ne Farmer. h ve Snakes in Mess of Cab- e bage. torkville Knquirier: In a mess I home grown cabbage cut up dinner recently, at the home Mr. Job. W. ftjmarr, of HopeII, live cabbage snakes were 1 lid. They were lively spoci- " i)8, and lifted their beads in a eatening manner. That mess V iabbuge was discarded. S A Mystery Solved low (o keep oflf peiiodic attacks of M manes* find habit aid constipation waa (,'i .ate.y that l)r Kings New Life I'ilia In id for me," wiites .(olin iN Pleasant, l?; agnolia, fud. The only pills that arc Si an toed to give perfect satisfaction to tc yborfy or money refunded. Only 25c h< F .V.o'kej Co, firtwford Loom., Fu? ui!. Pl? iimacy. Fi j n Editor Not Appreciated. "It will be remembered that in le year 1902 the fair manageent found themselves short of ^tactions, and at tho request of le gentlemen, the editor of the Monitor made a balloon ascenon and parachute drop in order > advertise the fair. The stunt roved to be a drawing card and le largest attendance in many ears was the result. The followig year, 190.'}, we were asked to jpeat tho act, and did so with le result that the management as greeted with larger attenduce. Balloon ascensions and para bute drops were becoming too ime for the fastidious gentlelen and the next year, 190-1, we ere asked to enter a cage of v/1 o inu uaj o i u nuuurno*wn. ometlnng liad to he done to ad ertise the fair and we consented, nd in tho presence of the crowd re entered the cage of lions, on tie roof garden on two different ays. The attendance was larger ti both these days. Most, people would have apreciated a favor of this kind nd would have reciprocated at he first opportunity. Not so rith the members of the system, forgetting that we had on four lifferent occasions jeopardized ur life in order to help advorise the fair they have sent every lollars worth of printing out of own, ignoring the home paper sntirely.?Schenectady (N. Y,) Monitor. rhe School Room the Best Place for Boys and Girls. The opening of the schools ihroughout the county during hit month brings the parent? iquarely to consider the issue of A'hat tiioy are going to do for Jieir children in the matter ot educating them. There is needed 10 argument at this time to oonnuce any thoughtful parent that he best place of all for the bo> >r the girl ib in the school room. Sor should there be any need of argument to press upon them hat the right time to start the 5U| ils is the first day of the lession. Every day there is delay in entering a pupil that one s at u loss and the work of the ichool in a measure is hindered. I'ne wise parent is going to put lis boy and girl to school and iave them there on the opening lay or iust as soon thereafter as lossible. If any b.>y or girl is eept home to do some work initead of being required to go to ichool, the work should certainly ie required of them. If there s anything that is heartsickening i is to go into a community and ind boys and girls kept away rom school on the pretense that leir services are needed at home rid then not required to do the fork for which they are supposidly detained. Distinguished Ex-Confederate Dead. Richmond, Va., Sept. 23.? toneral James C. Hill, a distin uidied Confederate officerand ne first railroad com mi .doner of rirgima, died at his home in cottsville today, aged 70. In Sell Delence lujor Ilannn. editor and Manager of the outfit utionalint, Eminence. Ky.. when I n was fiercely attacked, four yearn n^", y l'llca, bought a box of lii.cklen'x Arnica live, of nbicfi be saya: "It cured me in u days and no trouble since." Quickest taler of Hurna, Holes, (Jute and Wounds, io ut J. F Muekey Co., Crawford Bros., inneiburk Pharmacy. I ft "The Old Reliable." ===== fi V * THE BANK OF LANCASTER, Lancaster, S. C. ^ Si CAPITAL $50,000.00. A y SURPLUS $50,000.00. 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