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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
January 11 
Lime and Clover. 
W. M. E., Pkace Dale, R. I.—I am 
particularly interested in, and know the 
value of, the series of articles on Primer 
Science. Nothing is more important to 
the grower, be he agriculturist, horti¬ 
culturist or fruit grower, than the com¬ 
position of the soil, its needs and re¬ 
quirements, in order to secure best re¬ 
sults. In this part of Rhode Island, 
much of the soil is very sour, full of 
humus, with little lime, hence some¬ 
thing is needed to neutralize thisacidity. 
Lime, as is well known, quickens de¬ 
composition of all vegetable matter, 
and corrects its acidity, which is abso¬ 
lutely necessary for the growth of clover. 
Where clover grows abundantly, it may 
be assumed that the land is in fair con¬ 
dition. Many are slow to acknowledge 
the real value of clover. Nothing better 
can be found for green manuring, fur¬ 
nishing. as it does, one of the elements 
of plant food. 
What Causes the “Mix" ? 
A. II. B., Vienna, Va.—T here has 
been much discussion on the subject of 
potatoes mixing in the hill, and the 
general conclusion has been—and I be¬ 
lieve justly, too—that they will not. I 
would like to drop just a thought in re¬ 
gard to the subject, that 1 do not re¬ 
member to have ever seen in print. Is 
there not a possibility that these differ¬ 
ent colored, or shaped potatoes that we 
find mixed with the bulk of the crop, 
are the outcome of some past cross, or, 
as we say in the breeding of stock, the 
taking back to some of the varieties 
from which pollen was used upon the 
seed from which the variety was selected? 
It is my opinion that they are. I 
say Amen and Amen to the article on 
page 828, in regard to making alcoholic 
liquors from potatoes. We have too 
much of these articles already. 
This Soil is Sour. 
P. W., Phillipsburg, Pa —While read¬ 
ing of the sour soil in Rhode Island, I 
concluded that we have sour soil here, 
as clover will not grow except when the 
land is first cleared, or when it has had 
a large amount of manure or ashes. 
Wood ashes have a great effect, lasting 
many years. After reading the test for 
sour soil, I got some blue litmus paper, 
went out to a freshly plowed field where 
clover does not grow, and put some in 
two cups. I then added water, and let 
them stand 20 minutes, inserted my lit¬ 
mus paper, and it was quickly turned 
red. After drying, it remained red. I 
then went in a field where I had burned 
oyster shells some years ago, dug off the 
white clover sod, got some of the soil 
and treated it the same as the first. I 
then inserted my litmus paper, but after 
taking out and drying it, it was still 
blue. The best spots on the farm are 
where wood ashes were put more than 
20 years ago. 
An Opinion About Keiffer Pears. 
J. S. P., Stutvesant, N. Y.—W. II. S., 
of Kent County, Md., (page 839, 1895), 
asks information about the Keiffer pear. 
I have heard that it did not ripen well 
further north than New Jersey. With 
me, it has done finely. Five years ago 
last spring, I set out a pear orchard—200 
Keiffers, 200 Bose, 200 Clapp, 100 Seckel, 
100 Lawrence and 350 Bartletts. I have 
sold from them up to date, two barrels 
of Bose, two barrels of Seckel, six bar¬ 
rels of Bartlett, and 75 barrels of 
Keiffer. The latter grow large and 
fine here with a flush on the sunny side. 
I think that they will have to be thinned, 
or the trees will overbear and, in that 
case, the fruit will be undersized. 
I am afraid that their production will 
be overdone if there be no outlet for 
them but preserving. The price, so far, 
(Continued on next page.) 
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