AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS IN SOUTHERN NEW YORK. 



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tioii, which iuust ho corrected before clover can be readily fjrown. 

 Forty years aj^o the use of land plaster was quite common upon most 

 of these lands. At that time clover grew very well. As the use of 

 land plaster was continued year after year so much lime was accumu- 

 lated in the soil that the addition of more had no effect, and therefore 

 its use was discontinued and has never been resumed. The result is 

 that the available supply in the soil has become so low that the addi- 

 tion of lime is aj:;ain necessary. This is best supplied now in the form 

 of burned or crushed stone lime, which should usually be used at the 

 rate of about 1,000 to 1,500 pounds per acre for the hrst application. 

 (See %. .3.) 



Fig. 3.— Land in a poor physical condition, showing the effect of lime on a stand of clover. No lime 

 was used on the left and practically no clover developed; l.MO pounds per acre were used ou the right, 

 where a good stand is seen. 



SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS. 



In plannino; definite cropping systems and outlining a practical 

 system of farm management, the foregoing general principles must be 

 kept thoroughly in mind. Successful farming is largely an adapta- 

 tion to the conditions under which one is working. Unsuccessful 

 farminjr is often due to a failure to make this adaptation, and this is 

 one important reason for failures in this area. 

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