New YorK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 91 
HOW TO APPLY THE SULPHUR AND UIME. 
‘Since it seems proven by the foregoing experiments that the 
broadcast application of sulphur and lime can not be successfully 
substituted for the application in drills the question arises, How 
is the application in drills best accomplished? In our experi- 
mental work we found the application of the sulphur and lime a 
difficult problem. In 1897 we proceeded as follows: The rows 
were first opened by using the seed drill with the coverers lifted 
and the seed boxes empty. The sulphur and lime (which had 
been previously thoroughly mixed) were then scattered in the 
open rows by hand, after which the seed was sown by running 
the seed drill over the rows. 
In 1898 the rows were first opened by means of a home-made 
wooden marker, the sulphur and lime applied by hand and the 
seed then sown by a drill made to follow the open rows. 
The application of the sulphur and lime by hand in this way 
involved considerable extra labor. Moreover, the sulphur and 
lime were not brought into as close contact with the seed as 
seems necessary for the best results; because when the drill 
passed over the rows the second time to sow the seed the chemi- 
cals were mixed with the dirt to a considerable extent. It was 
plain that both of these difficulties would be obviated by a drill 
rigged to sow sulphur, lime and seed all at one operation; so we 
had a seed drill for this purpose constructed by a local mechanic. 
As shown in Plate VII, this machine was constructed on the 
same lines as the ordinary three-row drill used on the Florida 
“ meadows ” except that considerable space was left between the 
wheels and seed boxes for the attachment of boxes to carry the 
sulphur and lime. The latter were placed in front of the seed 
boxes in order that the sulphur and lime might fall in the open 
row ahead of the seed and also to bring the weight as near to 
the wheels as possible. 
The apparatus for regulating the quantity of mixture to be 
applied was the same as that used on the seed boxes for regulat- 
ing the application of the seed. Each box was provided with twe 
