^ble. The lime is thought to com-'^ 

 bine with the elements with which the 

 potash is combined, setting free the potash. 

 "It is hoped that the thousands of farmers who 

 are cultivating acid soils, now frantically trying 

 one fertilizer and then another in the attempt to 

 find something that will greatly improve their crop 

 yields, will lime their lands. Successful results 

 with fertilizers will then be assured." 



THE REHABILITATION OF AN 

 EXHAUSTED ROSE GARDEN 



Assuming that all rose-bushes are spaced 

 fifteen inches apart, a scuffle hoe— "Warren" 

 (heart shaped) hoe— should be used to make a 

 trench through the center of each row. The 

 trench should be as deep and wide as possible as 

 the space between the rows of plants will per- 

 mit without injury to the roots. All through 

 these trenches Scotch soot and air-slacked lime 

 should be scattered against the sides and on the 

 bottom of the trench, using to every pail full of 

 lime a quart of Scotch soot— new screened soil, 

 enriched with bone meal. Pulverized sheep 

 manure and Scotch soot should now be packed 

 into the trenches to the level of the bed, using to 



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