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Soil  Fertility  Notes 
Lime  Needed  by  Sweet  Clover 
Sweet  clover  will  not  give  its  best  re¬ 
turns  unless  the  soil  or  seed  is  properly 
inoculated  and  an  abundance  of  lime 
present.  Results  from  seeding  Sweet 
clover  on  two  different  soils  on  the  Iowa 
State  College  farm,  at  Ames,  clearly 
proved  that  there  must  be  plenty  of  lime 
in  the  soil  and  inoculating  bacteria  pres¬ 
ent  for  the  most  successful  growing  of  the 
crop.  One  soil  was  well  supplied  with 
lime,  and  adjoining  this  soil  was  an  acid 
Soil.  Sweet  clover  was  sown  broadcast 
in  April  with  oats  as  a  nurse  crop  on 
these  two  soils.  The  same  rate  of  seeding 
was  used  for  the  entire  field,  and  a  per¬ 
fect  stand  of  Sweet  clover  was  obtained 
on  the  two  soils.  No  inoculation  was 
made  of  either  seed  or  soil.  By  October 
three  distinct  growths  of  Sweet  clover 
dealing  with  the  very  light  sandy  soils  of 
Long  Island,  particularly  if  they  are  not 
irrigated.  I  should  by  all  means  recom¬ 
mend  that  ground  limestone  be  used  in¬ 
stead  of  slaked  lime.  It  is  claimed  that  in 
the  case  of  soils  very  rich  in  magnesia  at 
the  outset  it  may  not.  be  wise  to  use  a 
highly  magnesian  lime  repeatedly  on  the 
same  soil.  However,  under  usual  condi¬ 
tions  I  should  not  expect  any  injury  from 
its  use,  but  on  the  contrary,  marked 
benefit. 
W.  T.  would  be  pursuing  a  safe  course 
if  he  would  alternate  one  application  of 
magnesian  lime  with  one  or  two  of  purer 
lime,  for  by  this  means  he  would  prob¬ 
ably  apply  all  of  the  magnesia  which  was 
necessary,  whereas  if  lie  were  to  continue 
to  apply  magnesian  lime  repeatedly  it 
might  be  possible  that  the  magnesia  would 
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wore  to  be  seen.  On  the  acid  soil  the 
clover  was  from  four  to  six  inches  high, 
and  on  investigating  it  was  found  that 
the  plants  were  not  inoculated,  as  shown 
by  the  absence  of  nodules  on  the  roots, 
bn  the  same  soil  were  plants  about  six 
inches  taller  than  the  general  average  of 
plants  on  this  acid  soil.  Some  of  these 
plants  were  dug  up  and  nodules  found  on 
the  roots,  showing  that  these  plants  were 
inoculated,  the  necessary  bacteria  already 
being  in  the  soil.  On  the  soil  which  con¬ 
tained  an  abundance  yf  lime  the  Sweet 
clover  was  from  two  to  three  feet  high, 
the  largest  plants  being  found  to  grow 
where  there  was  the  greatest,  amount  of 
lime.  The  lime  favored  the  thriving  of 
the  inoculating  bacteria,  for  there  were 
found  many  nodules  on  the  roots  of  these 
plants. 
Before  planting  Sweet  clover  one 
should  see  that  bis  soil  contains  plenty  of 
lime  and  his  seed  or  soil  is  properly  inocu¬ 
lated  at  time  of  seeding.  These  two  fac¬ 
tors  are  essential  to  the  successful  pro¬ 
duction  of  Sweet  clover.  w.  E.  it. 
ultimately  accumulate  in  greater  propor¬ 
tion  than  the  lime  and  that  some  two  or 
three  years  after  the  last  application 
magnesia  might  be  present  in  excess.  I 
think  we  have  been  altogether  too  fearful 
of  the  presence  of  magnesia  in  lime.  I 
have  seen  several  cases  where  magnesia 
was  of  positive  and  decided  benefit,  even 
in  the  presence  of  sufficient  lime.  On 
the  contrary  I  have  known  a  few  cases 
where  the  use  of  high  calcium  lime  at  the 
outset  gave  rather  better  results  than  the 
use  of  high  magnesian  lime. 
It.  J.  WHEELER. 
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1.  Is  lime  plaster  good  to  put  on  low 
land  that  is  used  for  truck?  2.  Is  sand 
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In,  sheltering  50  hens.  I  cau  get  sand 
for  the  carting.  One  place  where  I 
spread  it  thickly  I  raised  big  potatoes. 
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1.  The  lime  plaster  from  an  old  house 
contains  a  small  quantity  of  lime,  which 
when  broken  up  and  crushed  would  be 
about  as  effective  as  ground  limestone.  It 
also  contains  small  quantities  of  nitro¬ 
gen.  This  comes  from  the  hair  used  in 
the  plastering,  and  there  is  also  formed  in 
some  cases  a  small  quantity  of  nitrate  of 
lime,  especially  in  very  damp  or  wet  situ¬ 
ations.  Of  course,  the  plaster  would  have 
very  little  value  unless  it  was  smashed  or 
ground  up  fine.  Unless  this  can  be  done, 
the  best  use  that  we  have  found  for  it  is 
to  pile  it  around  young  trees  as  a  mulch. 
2.  The  sand  at  the  bottom  of  the  lie-i- 
bouse  floor  always  contains  some  plant 
food,  which  comes  from  the  droppings  of 
the  hens,  \V  hile  not  very  strong  in  nitro¬ 
gen,  this  sand  is  worth  taking  up  aud  sav¬ 
ing.  and  can  be  spread  on  the  garden  or 
put  around  fruit  trees  or  bushes.  It  is 
generally  a  gcod  plan  to  dig  the  floor  out 
once  or  twice  a  year,  and  fill  in  with  new 
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Lime  for  Long  Island 
M  hat  are  the  merits  of  using  a  mag- 
pesian  hydraled  land  lime  or  a  high  cal¬ 
cium  hydrated  land  lime  on  Long  Island? 
I  have  two  salesmen  trying  to  sell  mo 
1  me.  One  <>t  them  lias  a  high  calcium 
i  cido  TO  per  cent,  lime  (no  magnesia) 
and  he  claims  that  magnesia  j«  a  plant 
poison  and  should  not  lie  used.  The 
other  has  a  lime  53  per  cent,  calcium 
oxide  iind  .l.'J  per  cent,  magnesia,  and  lie 
claims  that  it  will  give  better  results  and 
that  the  magnesia  is  really  a  henefit. 
I>oes  the  magnesia  have  any  harmful 
effect  on  any  particular  plant  or  is  it  a 
benefit?  There  is  very  little  difference 
in  the  cost  of  either,  about  50  cents  per 
ton.  1  have  used  the  70  per  cent,  lime 
last  year,  and  it  is  a  good  lime.  Is  the 
magnesia  lime  just  as  good  for  the  pur¬ 
pose?  w,  T. 
Huntington,  L.  I. 
Regarding  the  relative  merits  of  mag¬ 
nesian  hydrated  lime  and  high  calcium 
hydrated  lime  I  will  say  that  if  he  is 
