253 MORE ABOUT 



FERTILIZERS 



slaked Kme may be used, but both should be in 

 as fine powdered form as possible before they 

 are sown. 



Like every other fertilizer, lime is of no use 

 until it is dissolved, and the finer it is ground 

 before it is applied the further it may be spread 

 and the sooner it will dissolve. It is seldom 

 wise to apply more than from one-half ton to a 

 ton of quick-lime per acre at any one time; 

 and it is safer to apply this quantity every three 

 or four years rather than larger quantities at 

 shorter periods. Lime should be applied to 

 the land when there is a crop upon it which can 

 use it with advantage. A crop like clover or 

 alfalfa, which covers the land completely, 

 will make the best use of hme. It may injure 

 potatoes, because it makes the land more favor- 

 able for the growth of scab, a disease which 

 attacks potatoes. 



Much money can be lost by the unwise use 

 of fertilizers, and the best way one can posi- 

 tively know whether it is wise to use them is 

 to try it thus, say, with radishes, lettuce, or 

 beans; a patch containing two or three rows 

 may be fertilized in one way, the next one in 

 another, others with various mixtures and, in 

 order to determine the values of these it will be 

 wise to leave untreated "check plats" between 



