Show LIME AS A fertilizer if wo ae study tho the composition of plants we find that lime hine 1 it i t I the most important part of tho the inirio ral of nearly lilbrune LiL rune and it ie is to be remembered that in tho tile growth of plant plants aery ele duent found in them la is lle ble but ho hurt much more it by be so if euch such a thins thing w ere pos bible ible fur for one element to lie be more indispensable than another for lime which erieta in such n 1 4 proportion tion to be anything but in lit and thia this must be thought so as we consider that in th ash of hay tiny one eighth part la is dinue 11 in the tile ash of clover inore more than a third of it ia is lime in the ash HAI of potato tops nearly one half id is hine tho the ashes of which we think so valuable on oil account of tho potash in thim hive steral links more lune lime than potash the tile lime little amounting to from 30 to 70 40 per cent and there is not one plant grown that has not inno little in ita its calit the same tip plies to pot aeh ash and phosphoric m acid ld and rea these are supposed to be food foud for plants why then ia is not lime a plant food aurli it must be so considered thua thus writes that ext elL ellent au authority thorit henry stewart in tho the american agn lie ile also ie is nut authority nuth onty hority for the following the beet best fanned farmed localities in the world art those where the soil con ainan a large lar 9 e portion of lime being d berneil d froni front the decomposition of limestone rocla rocks but it is 13 not so much 1 I on oil account of the lime in the soil that the land 3 so well fanned farmed and eo productive but mostly for the tile lenson at hale lime being there abundant ant an 1 alien jirah p the farmers burn the limestone and mako make lime and apply to the land lime only se 10 R pliant food but limestone is not and anti the soil may be well ailed with limestone and yet bo be quite poor tow lime ia is a very active chemical substance this will bo be seen it if some of it is put in tit some this will foam up and boil 0 M er the cup and a large quail quan city if f gas will wil I 1 be evolved in the i r d there will be no more acid in td fla vinegar and tins this ie is one effect of lime on soil that is 13 sour euch such na as swaine land in 10 which the tile excess of acid prevents pro venta vents the growth of any useful plants if we put some lime on a derd animal or on an other organic matter it will quickly decompose it and ard reduce it to ita its original ele ments and this is 19 one effect of lime when in a compost the mat tore alica decomposed then beckin ing good manuro manure and erful u ful food for planta plants and anti this samo same effect is in the eoll soil when quick liala is ar applied Plied as it usually ia is in the tile fall when th land ia is prepared for wheat and krass rasa and anti juver seeding but the o may taka take some saud or other mineral nii I 1 atter and mix lime with it and then add water and the tile liine will dissolve e quite a considerable quan i tit of una this ini mineral mailer f irm ing Bili cale of lime and by taking taki ny the silica from the potash or the phosphate or magnesia or tho tile etc that the soil suil ia is made up of the bitne dendera these ele mente metts of plant food soluble anil and available for or hie tile cripe now tills ie Is a email part art of the th e natural history of lime as it U id is used in ill good farming and with aich A history we must realize its ta value to the farmer firmer quite ludepen dently of the fact whether it is actually a plant food or not and aa 68 the season U approaching when the hind land ie is in the beet best condition for the application of lime as lime Is meet most soluble in cold water and the th wheat crop ie is most convenient for it it is 10 a question for all of us if it it la is not advisable to eo so use it and gather the fruits of its rood good effects on the soil the freshly burned lime only ie is used add and 20 to 10 40 bushels bus helal per acre Is a the usual quantity it ia is left in iu heape heaps in the field preferable of one bushel each two rods apart and in a few daye days it falls to a fine powder by the action ol 01 0 the komure of the tile air or a shower of rain when it ia is easily spread quite evenly flo as to juel just whiten the surface with ft lorg handled shovel but when lime time ia in thua need for tho the wheat it ie is not advisable to use phate until the spring it ran can then be used to advantage IT la IS hoped that president cleve land will not lot appoint tm celent roan man to file fineral judge ship for utah there are inan excellent lawyers in the territory to select from we dont wish G governor 0 arnor or jud judge e judd tiny more bail W luck than the th dieme but m we e do not aut to bee either of them apio appo rd fodal fod al jude |