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Lime and Limestone 
My gardener is spreading ground lime¬ 
stone in the garden on top of manure, to 
kill the worms. In The R. N.-Y. I have 
read articles that have advised against the 
contact of manure and lime, this result¬ 
ing in a loss of ammonia. L. j. F. 
Glen Head, N. Y. 
' It is not likely that the ground lime¬ 
stone will kill many worms, but using it 
with the manure is good practice. There 
is a difference between “lime” and lime¬ 
stone. The latter is the plain lime rock 
crushed to a powder without burning. It 
is then in tbe form of a carbonate, which 
makes but a slight chemical action, if any, 
with organic matter. What is commonly 
known as “lime” is the limestone, thor¬ 
oughly burned, so that the chemical con¬ 
dition is changed. What we call “lime” 
is an oxide, and this when put with or¬ 
ganic matter causes an action which sets 
free the ammonia as a gas. Thus the 
rule not to use lime with manure is 
sound, while, as we see, it would be safe 
to use the limestone. 
Bunching Asparagus in Southern Jersey 
The picture at Fig. 270, page 671, shows 
the interior of a vegetable packing shed ini 
Southern New Jersey. The packers are 
bunching asparagus. Many of these 
women and girls become very expert at 
this business. The asparagus shoots are 
|cut in tbe field and brought directly to 
the shed in trays or baskets. These 
women sort them out and arrange them 
in bunches or little machines, which oper¬ 
ate very much like the human hand in 
j clutching a handful of twigs or sticks 
The buncher brings the asparagus to¬ 
gether and tape is tied around it, as 
|shown in the picture. Then the bottom 
is trimmed accurately, and the bunch is 
ready for market. The asparagus crop 
this year will go some distance along tin 
way in making up the loss sustained l\\ ! 
|these growers during the recent hard! 
freeze. The asparagus Trop is good this 
year, and is bringing fair prices thus far 
This vegetable seems to become more pop¬ 
ular each year as people become ac¬ 
quainted with it. It does well on light 
soil if well manured and fertilized, and 
is out of the way early, so that it does 
not interfere seriously with other farm 
crops. For a man on a small place with 
a good local market a combination of as¬ 
paragus, high-class strawberries, celery 
laud cabbage would make a good combina-. 
tion. as the culture of these crops would, 
not interfere greatly with each other, and 
they would all be reasonably salable in' 
a local market. 
Growing Head Lettuce 
Gan you tell me just how aud what 
kind of lettuce to plant so as to get real 
crispy heads? I am so fond of the Cali¬ 
fornia lettuce, but so many people tell 
me that Boston head lettuce does the 
same. I have not seen anyone head them 
yet; all get loose leaves and a few 
bleached ones in the center, but I like the 
hard kind. I think you called it Alaska 
or Ieiele or some name like that. Can 
seeds be bought, or does it not germinate 
properly in this climate, or can our 
Eastern lettuce be cultivated so as to go 
to heads? MRS. L. S. 
Long Branch, N. .T. 
11 ow can I head aud bleach lettuce for 
market and have it like what you buy 
from the city markets? What kind of 
lettuce is best to plant? mrs. r. h. 
New York. 
There is no difficulty attached to the 
growing of good solid heads of lettuce, 
provided the soil is rich aud the right 
varieties are planted, and at the right 
esason. To grow good lettuce the ground 
should be enriched with plenty of old 
well-rotted stable manure, thoroughly in¬ 
corporated with the soil, and the soil 
made fine and as friable as possible by 
raking it over and breaking up the par¬ 
ticles. The plants for the first crop 
should be ready for planting out by first 
week in April, and if a second crop is 
desired another planting should lie made 
about May 10. This later planting will 
last until well along into warm weather, 
when lettuce will no longer make good 
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The plants should be set in rows 16 to 
IS in. apart and S to 10 in. apart in the 
row. Cultivate every few days from the 
time the young plants become established 
until they get so large cultivation is no 
longer practicable, and there should be 
no question about your getting good solid 
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