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a"0 for RuperHiious wator. ll is also a good heat 

 conductor, which does good ))y raising the tempera- 

 ture of the soil. Land wliich is very sandy or 

 porous, as the generality of Vancouver high-land 

 .,ih should always he treated with manure ot 

 I hiinuis nature, such as sewerage or any short 

 uuxnure The compost pit is a most valuable asset 

 for soils of this type, besides being useful as a 

 riddance pile. 



Physically clay is a mass of very fine mmute 

 srains. stuck together as a cemented substance, 

 and is comparatively like putty in texture. 

 Water is impermeable to it. 



As a soil it is very unsuitable, for the land gets 

 in a waterlogged condition and very cold, but as 

 H constituent it is very valuable as it retains the 

 moisture and holds plants firm. 



It contains a small amount of food substance 

 and can be absorbed in very small quantities. It 

 also retains the properties of decaying manures. 



To remedy heavy clay soils by making it loose 

 and friable," ashes "and long dung liberally applied 

 would have very beneficial results. 



Limestone, lime or carbonate of calcium con- 

 tains a small proportion of plant food, but its 

 real value is as an amendment or corrective. It 

 helps in the coalescence of clay soils, makes it more 

 friable, and greatly aids in the decomposition of 

 organic matter, .in the formation of nitrates and 

 in neutralizing acidity. 



If cultivatiors . stuclied carefully the physical 

 properties of their respective soils and counter- 

 l)alanced any undue heavy, light, cold clayey, 

 sandy or humus soil, with the proper counter- 

 acting physical forces, they would not have to ex- 

 pend so much money on these modern expensive 

 and sometimes rlnsatisfactory chemical fertilizers, 

 many of whicli act as a temporary stimulant only. 

 — B. C. Fruit and Form Mmjazinr, Feb., 1918. 



Parsnip Disease and its Prevention. 



Serious losses were caused to parsnip growers 

 last season through the disease known as parsnip 

 canker. The subject has since been investigated 

 by the Food Production Department ; and it has 

 been found that the trouble is not caused by a 

 special fungus disease, but is due primarily to the 

 presence of superficial cracks which are formed 

 in the shoulder of the Parsnip root during the 

 growing season. The cracks are formed in great 

 abundance when a spell of wet weather follows a 

 dry period during August and September. In 

 the case of Carrots and Turnips, somewhat 

 similar cracks become healed over by the forma- 

 tion of a layer of cork : but the Parsnip root is 

 unable to form this protective layer, with the 

 result that insects, fungi and other soil organisms 

 easily gain entrance and set up decay. In the 

 most badly affected districts the trouble has 

 probably been aggravated by faulty culture, 



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