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Show ! LANDS USUALLY j NEEDING LIME ! When Still la Sour It Will Turn i ttlue Lttmui Rafter IMattl ta Contact With It Ued. illy till W. P. imoOKil, MaM-liuetla Thonii nulla nn which, when weeded, weed-ed, timothy and clovera fall, nnd where aorrel cornea In largely together togeth-er Willi red tup. iiaunlly nerd HmliiR. It ahould be pointed out, however, that the pteaeuce of aorrel la not a proof that lime la ii.t-dcl. Thin weed will nourish even In nulla which have been heavily limed; but nil auch aolla the griiane and clovera lire likely to cruwd It out, while nn aolla which are In need nf lime, they are unable to do au. When Hull la aour It w ill turn blue lltinua paper placed In contact wt'h It red. To carry nut the teat, miike about n tahlenpiHinfiil of the noil Into a thin mud with pure water nnd after It haa aloud for a ahort time lay a pllcrc of blue lit tune paper on It and cover with the mud. He rnreful not to handle the papera with the linger. After about ten mlnutea remove the paivr, wanhlng It If neccHvary to ahow the color. If It haa turned red, the aoll la aour and need tin uppllcailon of lime, rrnctlcally all drugglnta keep llnuii paper. The mont certain evidence nf all ta to whether lime will prove bene-IU bene-IU In I la afforded by a almple experiment experi-ment which may be carried out na folloua: I. ay off two square rod In a part of the Held to be teated which acetiia to be fairly repreaentatlve and even In qunlliy. To one of lhcm ap ply twenty poumla of freahly nhikcd lime. After applying at once work It In deeply and thoroughly. A few day later apply to each plot liberal quantity of either manure or fertlttrer, precisely the aame amount to each. '.Maul table beet. If the aoll la much In need of lime Ihexe will make better growth upon the limed plot. |