Show li limestone bestone pays on sweet T clover liberal applications result in larger yields of better quality to change the yield of sweet clover hay by the use of ground limestone alnie tone from nothing to an average of over pounds per acre Js Is the interesting result reported by john W artz art county agent of polk county north carolina mr air artz conducted six different demonstrations says E 0 blair extension agronomist at the north carolina state college the results obtained show conclusively that it is not worth while to attempt the growing of sweet clover unless the land hits has been limed liberal applications of limestone result in larger yields of hay bay than do small applications each of the six demonstrations consisted of coir bolar one acre plots applied in fall the first plot in each test was un nn limed sir mr blair reports the second plot received it at the rate of 1000 pounds of finely ground limestone per acre the third 2000 pounds and the fourth pounds this limestone was applied in the fall of 1927 at the time the small grain was planted sweet clover seed was sown on the grain in march elarch 1928 the hay was cut and cured in june 1929 the average result of the six demonstrations shows that the hay on the plots was not worth cutting where 1000 pounds of lime per acre was used 2783 pounds of hay was harvested where 2000 pounds of lime wn wits used pounds of hay was secured and where pounds of limestone was used the yield was pounds of tiny hay per acre mr blair says that this last yield was a bout about double the amount secured where 1000 pounds of lime was used of better quality the sweet clover grew to about the same height with all rates of liming but was much thicker and of better quality where the heavier applications were made mr air artz aitz reported that flint several hundred acres of sweet clover will be grown in his county next spring and all of it will be limed the silo is 13 filled without tramping would be to have the distributor fixed so that a man could control contri it without walking on the corn vo to seal the top of the silage the last few feet should always be carefully leveled und and tramped when tramping la Is not done |