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EXPERIMENTS WITH LIME. 
Is lime absolutely necessary to be ap¬ 
plied to all soils in Pennsylvania? This 
question has arisen in my mind more 
than once. Now, of course, we know 
that lime is an essential element in the 
soil, but what I mean is, is it necessary 
to apply it directly? I have experi¬ 
mented a little with lime in the last five 
or six years, and so far I could not de¬ 
tect any material benefit. I have gravel 
soil, naturally well drained. I plow eight 
to nine inches deep, and raise corn, po¬ 
tatoes, wheat and clover, four years ro¬ 
tation. Three years ago I purchased 
100 bushels burned stone lime and ap¬ 
plied it in three fields at the rate of 
about 50 bushels or less per acre. In 
two fields I applied in the Fall to the 
wheat seeding, harrowed it in before 
seeding to wheat, and was careful to 
have a straight line of lime and no lime. 
The following year the lime showed no 
result in any field, and the second year 
at the clover I noticed no result of the 
lime. The third place was a field which 
I. sowed to Alfalfa, and it is the worst 
Alfalfa patch I have. But I do not 
want to be understood that the lime had 
any evil effect, but also I do not believe 
ir helped much. I had two other Alfalfa 
fields beside each other—only the public 
road running through—which were al¬ 
most ideal till last Winter, when it froze 
out because I cut four crops and then 
followed an exceptionally cold Winter. 
Where I did not mow the fourth crop 
none froze out. 
But the point I want here with this 
Alfalfa raising is about the lime. These 
fields of Alfalfa are of four acres and 
5 t /2 acres respectively. The soil is good 
for 200 bushels of potatoes per acre in 
a favorable season, and other crops in 
proportion, and I plow nine inches deep 
and raised heavy crops of Alfalfa for 
three and four years, and this without 
any fertilizer. If it would not have been 
frozen out I would still expect good 
crops of Alfalfa hay for at least another 
three or four years. . The one field I 
limed a few years prior to seeding to 
Alfalfa with about 60 bushels of lime 
(burned stone) and the other field had 
no lime at least for the last 20 years. 
Now the Alfalfa was ideal in both fields, 
and of course I came to the conclusion 
that lime was not necessary here. 
So far my experiments were conduct¬ 
ed on about the same kind of soil, but 
in four different fields and quite far 
apart, and of course in all these I shall 
not spend much for lime. I have other 
soils on which I shall keep on experi¬ 
menting, and undoubtedly will find some 
where it is a good place to apply lime. 
As long as clover does well I have an 
idea that it does not pay to buy lime, 
especially with us, as it costs us 9 ¥2 cents 
per bushel, and have to haul it 10 miles, 
which is a great item. There are so 
many farmers around here that jump 
to conclusions too quick” and go ‘ head 
over heels” in hauling lime to fields 
where possibly no lime is needed. It 
seems to me at present that by good 
farming, intensive tillage, making good 
manure by feeding cottonseed meal and 
the grains, Crimson clover in the corn¬ 
field to plow under with the corn stub¬ 
ble, and a little commercial fertilizer 
with the wheat, I can increase the fer¬ 
tility of my soil and have no use for 
lime. Floats in the manure I believe far 
cheaper also than lime direct. I have 
tried floats and intend to buy a carload 
next Fall. c. R. bashore. 
Berks Co., Pa. 
NOTES FROM MICHIGAN “ ROUND UP” 
INSTITUTE. 
Cover Crops. —“Cow peas thrive on 
sandv loam soil, but not on heavy clay,’ 
was the opinion of William VanNess of 
Niles, Michigan. “They should be sowed 
about the first of .Tune, and in early 
August they will nicely cover the ground. 
The crop may then be used for pasture, 
especially for dairy cows. When it is used 
in this way, it should he plowed under 
about September 1, and followed with wheat 
or rve. Cow peas are hard to cure for 
hay, * but stock eats it well. It is not 
necessary to inoculate, and three-fourths 
bushel of seed should be used to the acre.’’ 
“Vetch is of triple value on the farm, 
was the declaration of I’rof. M. J. Thomp¬ 
son. “that of fertility, since it will add 
from 2S to 100 pounds of nitrogen to the 
acre, which according to its commercial 
value at 15 cents per pound is worth from 
$3.75 to .$15 per acre. Because of its 
fertilizing value, it has only one rival, that 
is the Soy bean. It also is the basis of 
vegetation on soils that previously were 
drift sands, and where no plant life could 
survive. Its feeding value exceeds that of 
clover, since vetch contains 11% protein 
while clover contains 7% : it also shows 
better in carbohydrates since clover has 
30% of carbohydrates and vetch 40%. 
Vetch can be established where clovers fail. 
It is as much to the Michigan man as 
Crimson clover to the Atlantic coast farm¬ 
er. and Michigan farmers are lending pro¬ 
ducers of vetch seed. Oeeaua County is 
the center of the vetch industry in the 
State. Vetch has the advantage over Al¬ 
falfa in securing a start, since it will 
thrive on more acid soils than Alfalfa.” 
Dairy Wisdom.— “Proper care, healthy 
cows, wholesome feed, and low tempera¬ 
ture for the product are the four essen¬ 
tial features of handling market milk.” 
said Prof. Hunziker. “Germ life is directly 
responsible for the spoiling of our milk, 
then to produce clean wholesome milk, we 
should keep every article used in the handl¬ 
ing of our product absolutely free from dirt 
and filth. Dust from feeds, bedding and 
the floor is laden with germs, and this 
dust will endanger the product. The most 
progressive buyers of milk have demanded 
the retirement of the old cheesecloth 
strainer because of its accommodating 
quarters for germs. The milker himself 
must be of clean habits. .Peddling of milk or 
selling it from a depot must be done under 
sanitary conditions. The secret of unsani¬ 
tary milk is largely uneconomic production, 
and the most unsanitary milk was produced 
in certain instances on high-priced land 
under the shadow of a large city, where 
it would be expected to be of high quality. 
“On 50 acres we kept 40 head of cattle 
and three horses, and all the roughage fed 
on the place is produced there,” was the 
statement of Hon. .1. W. Helme in speaking 
on “Growing Crops on the Dairy Farm.” 
“For the past 10 years I have grown only 
Alfalfa as my hay crop, which is sufficient 
for my stock. I plow under three acres of 
Alfalfa and seed three acres each year. I 
consider corn silage and Alfalfa the ideal 
dairy ration.” 
Feeding Cows. —“It doesn't pay to feed 
a scrub cow,” was the statement of Prof. 
Ilunziger. “The cow’s appetite is the re¬ 
sult of the demand to replenish the nutri¬ 
ents and the greater her capacity 7 to use 
the nutrients, the greater will be her ap¬ 
petite, and the greater her returns. Here 
is where the skilled feeder enters, he must 
study the individual requirements of the 
cow, he must adjust the amount of the 
available fGeds, and give the cow what 
she wants. A good dairy cow does not 
use more than 50% of her ration for main¬ 
tenance, the remainder goes for milk pro¬ 
duction. In maintenance the poor cow 
will use as much as the good cow, and 
the margin either goes on her back or is 
wasted. Careful experiments show that the 
good cow produces more milk, on the same 
amount of feed and the profits are greater 
than in the case of a poor animal. Rough- 
age is the natural form of feed for the 
dairy cow. Twelve pounds of clover and 
S5 pounds of corn silage makes a fairly 
well balanced ration, but many cows are 
not able to eat sufficient silage to supply 
the demands of her milk producing ca¬ 
pacity. We have found a very satisfactory 
ration to be 10 pounds Alfalfa hay, 30 to 
35 pounds of corn silage, and a mixture 
of grains consisting of two pounds corn, 
two pounds of bran or oats, and one 
pound of cotton-seed meal. Succulent 
feeds may be planted so as to supplement 
pasture. Pasturing is a wasteful system, 
and the cow destroys as much as she eats. 
Soiling crops may be so planted as to 
supply green feed during the entire Sum¬ 
mer. During May, green rye and wheat, 
and the first cutting of Alfalfa, in .Tune 
oats, peas and clover, in July the second 
cutting of Alfalfa, and early corn ; in 
August, early corn, and another cutting of 
Alfalfa ; in September Soy beans, cow peas, 
and corn. 
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