Show LIME requirements OF SOIL As general rule application of small quantity will be beneficial ashes help some there Is no certain means by which tile the gardener con can determine the lime requirements of his soil As a general rule however the application of a small quantity of lime will be beneficial this should be ili at the rate of from one halt half bushel to one bushel of air slaked lime to a square rod of ground the lime should be applied after the land lias hns beben plowed or spaded and while it Is being raked and fitted for planting it should always be b borne orne in mil mind that no lime should be put on the land that Is to be planted panted to irish potatoes nor should the lime lie be applied at tile the same time as comme commercial raal fertilizers or poultry manure as it has the faculty of fi liberating berating tile the nitrogen contained in tile hie fertilizer and causing it to bap b lot lost lo st in the air wood ashes contain soni somi lime and con considerable potash but bill should not be applied at the some same time as tile the lime coal ashes are beneficial as a means of lightening heavy soils however HON Never they have very little fertilizer value the united states department of agriculture says |