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THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
February IT, 
Lime Not a Complete Fertilizer. 
E. J. ll'.j Deep River, Conn .—Can you tell 
me anything about hydrated lime? We 
have an agent here trying to sell as a fer¬ 
tilizer hydrated lime which he says is mixed 
with magnesia and is a complete fertilizer. 
It is .$18 per ton delivered at our station, 
is this a humbug or not? There are so 
many frauds in the fertilizer business that 
i am afraid to trust any of them of late 
years. If this is what he recommends it 
to be it is a grand thing, but if it is not 
a complete fertilizer then he certainly is 
a humbug. 
Ans. —On this statement of the case 
this is a humbug and hold-up. Send to 
the Connecticut Experiment Station at 
New Haven and get Bulletin 163 on 
lime. “Hydrated” lime is stone lime 
burned and water-slaked. When pure 
limestone is burned the calcium acid 
gas is driven off and the lime is left— 
called stone lime or quicklime. This lime 
quickly unites with water. The true 
“hydrated” lime is supposed to be crush¬ 
ed and mixed with a spray of water in 
just the right proportion. This leaves 
it a fine powder, ehsy to handle and 
drill, and less offensive to handle than 
ordinary air-slaked lime. To say that 
it is a “complete fertilizer” is worse 
than nonsense, for such a fertilizer must 
contain nitrogen, potash and phosphoric 
acid. The ordinary hydrated lime has 
neither of these three elements. The 
price, $18 per ton, is more than twice as 
much as the lime is worth. Do not buy 
any hydrated lime at $18, and do not 
believe any man who says it is a com¬ 
plete fertilizer. 
A Second-Hand Greenhouse. 
trees, it will be at least 10 years before 
they will be in as good condition as the 
old stumps would be in five years’ time. 
Connecticut. s. j. griffin. 
Working Corn Stubble. 
I am going to have an unusual amount 
of Spring work and must plan to save all 
the time I can. I want to put eight acres 
of sandy loam corn stubble to oats. Will 
it pay me to plow this, or will it be as 
well to work it four inches deep with sulky 
cultivator and spring-tooth harrow? The 
corn stubble was cut close. I get better 
yields of wheat for shallow working, but 
have not been growing oats, and have never 
tried harrowing for a Spring crop after the 
ground has laid over Winter. I know, how¬ 
ever, that this soil would easily work up 
fine to that depth without plowing. 
Pennsylvania. p. j. d. 
We have obtained a fair seeding of rye by 
using the cultivator and spring-tooth, but 
oats require a better treatment. A disk 
harrow would fit this stubble well, but we 
should not expect such good results from 
the cultivator. We would like the experi¬ 
ence of good farmers on this. 
The Signs of the Moon. 
What is your opinion in regard to follow¬ 
ing the signs of the moon, which a great 
many farmers follow? Is there anything in 
it ? p. w. 
Pittsburg, Pa. 
We doubt it and yet we do not know. We 
can see no reason why the moon should 
have any influence upon vegetation, yet 
many farmers believe it and we notice that 
most of these general beliefs have some¬ 
thing back of them. We do not pay any 
attention to the moon in our own work. The 
scientific men scoff at the idea, yet they 
have never conducted any experiments 
which disprove it. We suggest that to some 
of the moon believers. . 
Potatoes and Lime. 
Will you inform me as to the advisability 
of planting potatoes on newly limed soil? 
It is nearly a muck soil and very sour; 
that is why I am using lime. I wanted to 
plant potatoes, but was a little afraid. 
New York. J. H. H. 
’The objection to lime on potatoes is that 
it will increase the scab disease. We 
should not use it, but rather lime with 
some other crop like grain or grass. 
U. C. R., Maryland .—Some time ago I saw 
Dr. Johnson on Muck. 
in The R. N.-Y. a description of a green¬ 
house for a farm, and the hint that every 
farmer who raised fruit and vegetables for 
market should have one. I have a place 
of seven acres from which I am anxious 
to make at least a bare living; have 
planted out fruit trees and small fruits. 
Last Summer I raised a few vegetables 
which I sold locally. A lady in town who 
lias been running a greenhouse for some 
years is moving away and is anxious that 
I should buy her two small houses and 
boiler, as well as hotbed sash, etc. She 
offers it to me for $300, or about half 
what it cost her. Would you advise my 
buying a second-hand greenhouse? Can 
you give me name of some publication on 
care and management of greenhouses, writ¬ 
ten for beginners? 
Ans. —Second-hand greenhouses are 
very often purchased, taken apart and 
set up again—it is no uncommon pro¬ 
cedure among florists. But a person at 
a distance cannot give real advice. We 
should know condition of greenhouse, 
how put together, what labor can be 
secured,-how transported, and how far. 
If all labor must be hired, it might be 
costly. Most florists do such work 
themselves, or with their own labor. 
Second-hand boilers and heating appara¬ 
tus are very often used. You would bet¬ 
ter ask some adjacent florist to visit the. 
place, look it over, and advise—it would 
pay better to spend something on an ex¬ 
pert opinion at close range. Taft’s 
“Greenhouse Management,” price $1.50, 
is a good book—you ought also to have 
a trade paper. 
Reheading Old Trees. 
Can you advise me where I can secure a 
report on muck by Dr. S. W. Johnson ? 
Oswego, N. Y. J. o. 
This report is out of print. It is doubt¬ 
ful If a dozen copies could be found. We 
hope the Connecticut Experiment Station 
at New Haven, Conn., will issue a revised 
edition of this old report. 
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