Show SOIL SICKNESS IN GARDENS liberal dressings of freshly ground or slaked lime will prove an excellent tonic dy BY W it ft GIL BEItT complaints Comp lainta are common from comparatively ively small and constantly cropped gardens anent the poorness of the produce even such a thing as a cabbage la Is so fainthearted faint hearted as to run away on lanky legs as aa no well behaved cabbage should all this Is very annoying to those who take infinite pains ita their gardens and go to some expense in getting reliable seeds all this may occur and does occur where ample manure of the barnyard Is applied to keep the soil in fertile condition it is in fact a kind of soil sickness which ordinary manure cannot overcome co me but actually aggravates one sees far less lesa of this in large gardens for the simple reason that the larger area gives a much wider range and rotation of 0 cropping yet even here comparisons may oten often be ba drawn between the produce of the large areas and vegetables under held field cultivation to the distinct advantage of the latter there is fortunately an antidote for freshly ground or freshly slaked lime la Is an antidote for this in liberal dressings it will prove a quick and lasting tonic to the sick sol soil and not only should this be administered when spring opens but as far as possible dressed through crops of cabbage and similar things during a dry day and lightly hoed in when lime con can be readily obtained in the best condition there la Is really no excuse for the bad state of things depleted depicted and even if an extra price has to bo be paid it is still the cheapest because the only satisfactory thing for tho the purpose and whatever may bo be spent in ordinary manure if expended on time for several seasons would work wonders |