oy decomposition, but is of a kind 
that helps to counteract soil acidity. 
- Lime, injurious 
Many advocate the use of lime in 
connection with organic matter. 
Lime does burn up the organic mat- 
ter more rapidly and renders the 
plant food more quickly available, 
but it also leaves much of this avail- 
able food free to be carried away 
by wind and rain. Limed soils make 
a rich father but a poor son. We use 
large quantities of organic matter on 
our garden but never any lime, and 
we never have any trouble with 
acidity, except on very poorly 
drained soil. Nature does not put 
lime on the soil where she produces 
luxurious vegetation. Neither does 
she use commercial fertilizers. A 
few years ago we tried a good (?) 
grade of commercial fertilizer on 
some rows in connection with alter- 
nate rows without fertilizer. We 
harvested on the average about half 
as much from the fertilized rows as 
from those unfertilized, and the 
quality of the femaed portion was 
