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from  Manitoba,  it  is  a  little  curious  that 
I  get  fewer  from  Maryland  than  from 
Massachusetts.  The  Maryland  farmers 
know  it  all  so  completely  that  they  seek 
no  advice  from  anyone,  w.  F.  massey. 
Lime  and  Strawberry  Culture 
I  would  like  some  advice  with  regard 
to  the  culture  of  strawberries.  Since 
sowing  my  land  with  lime,  three  or  four 
years  ago,  I  have  not  been  so  successful 
as  before,  not  being  able  to  produce  many 
fancy  show  berries.  I)o  you  think  it  pos¬ 
sible  that  the  lime  may  have  been  the 
cause?  g.  ii. 
We  do.  Not  only  possible,  but  very 
probable.  The  use  of  lime  or  wood  ashes 
has  always  cut  down  the  yield  of  our 
berries.  We  have  had  some  reports  from 
readers  who  say  they  use  wood  ashes 
with  good  results,  but  they  have  never 
paid  11s.  We  think  that  without  ques¬ 
tion  the  strawberry  prefers  an  acid  soi  . 
Some  varieties  may  do  better  than  others 
where  lime  is  used,  but  in  general  the 
strawberry  is  an  acid  soil  fruit.  We  may 
help  fit  the  soil  by  plowing  under  a  green 
crop,  using  large  quantities  of  acid  phos¬ 
phate.  or  using  inoculated  sulphur  on  the 
plants. 
Improving  Old  Meadows 
What  experience  have  you  on  meadows 
where  the  grass  is  thin?  If  reseeded  and 
limed,  would  I  get  results?  n.  i>. 
Schaghticoke.  N.  Y. 
Our  own  experience  in  trying  to  reseed 
without  breaking  up  and  fitting  the  o!d 
sod  has  not  been  favorable.  Our  plan 
was  to  put  lime  and  fertilizer  on  the  sod, 
scatter  the  seed  as  usual,  and  then 
scratch  the  ground  over  with  a  sharp 
spike  harrow.  This  rips  and  tears  up  the 
sod  and  covers  the  seed,  but  the  young 
grass  plants  have  a  poor  chance  in  among 
the  weeds  and  old  grass.  The  seeding 
will  be  thickened  somewhat,  but  you  can¬ 
not  hope  to  get  a  full  stand  in  this  way. 
If  the  meadow  is  still  reasonably  good  the 
lime  and  fertilizer  will  increase  the  yield 
of  grass  more  than  enough  to  repay  all 
cost,  but  if  you  want  to  improve  the 
meadow  our  experience  is  that  it  pays  to 
break  up  the  sod  and  reseed. 
Use  of  Precipitated  Lime 
jWe  have  had  several  questions  about 
the  use  of  “precipitated  lime” — a  product 
found  in  some  of  the  limestone  regions 
Dr.  C.  E.  Thorne  of  the  Ohio  Experi¬ 
ment  Station,  makes  this  statement  about 
such  lime  : 
Precipitated  lime  is  lime  that  has  once 
been  dissolved  in  water  and  then  brought 
back  to  the  powder  form  by  heating  the 
water  or  exposing  it  to  the  carbon  dioxide 
of  the  atmosphere. 
The  caverns  in  limestone  regions  have 
been  formed  by  the  slow  dissolving  out:  of 
the  limestone  which  is  carried  away  by 
underground  streams.  These  streams 
may  come  to  the  surface  as  hillside 
springs,  and  as  soon  as  the  water,  which 
is  surcharged  with  limestone,  comes  into 
contact  with  the  carbon  dioxide  of  the 
air,  it  gives  up  its  excess  of  limestone, 
which  will  be  deposited  in  beds  of  marl. 
Many  such  deposits  are  found  in  Ohio. 
If  this  precipitated  carbonate  of  lime 
were  free  from  earth  and  other  impurities 
it  would  iie  worth  even  more  than  ground 
limestone  because  of  its  fineness. 
It  should  not  be  compared  with  lime 
that  has  been  burnt,  however,  because 
burning  the  stone  not  only  reduces  it  to 
as  fine  a  powder  as  the  precipitate,  but 
also  removes  the  carbon  and  part  of  the 
oxygen,  leaving  a  much  larger  percentage 
of  calcium  or  calcium  and  magnesium 
combined,  and  it  is  these  elements  that 
correct  acidity  in  the  soil. 
Leather  Scraps  for  Fertilizer 
I  am  in  a  position  to  get,  at  little  or 
no  cost,  large  quantities  of  scrap  leather, 
both  tanning  scrap  and  harness  leather 
scrap,  and  would  like  to  know  what,  if 
any,  fertilizer  value  this  material  may 
have.  How  should  it  be  treated  in  order 
that  its  fertilizing  properties  might  be 
transmitted  to  the  soil?  e.  e.  c. 
Bay  Village,  O. 
There  is  considerable  plant  food  in 
leather  scraps,  but  it  is  not  available 
enough  to  be  useful  as  a  fertilizer.  You 
must  remember  that  one  great  object  in 
tanning  leather  is  to  make  it  so  tough 
that  the  ordinary  elements  cannot  destroy 
it  quickly.  Leather  will  lie  in  the  ground 
for  years  without  decaying.  The  fertil¬ 
izer  manufacturers  roast  it  and  grind  it 
into  a  form  of  meal,  but  unless  it  is  “cut” 
by  a  strong  acid,  the  usual  leather  scraps, 
without  grinding  or  the  use  of  acid,  will 
be  of  little  immediate  use.  They  might  he 
mixed  in  the  manure  and  left  to  ferment, 
or  buried  around  trees  or  vines. 
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