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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2445, 19 June 1890, Page 4

"'" ■ "'"' '' ;- ''■"■" ;> '■'■ iL Mr E. F. Wright AGRICULTURAL LIME. —o ' ' * Lauriston, May 17th, 1890. MR E. F. WRIGHT, Dear Sib,—l put five .tons of Lime screenings on six acres of gras land after it was ploughed, and I can see to an inch where the Lime was pu on, and at the time'the Lime was being spread the wind blew the fine dust over the adjoining land, and on this, as well as the properly limed land, there is a eood crop, while on the non-limed there is not a single turnip.—Yours Truly DENNIS MoKENDRY. Ji ■>..,. Valetta, February Bth 1890J MR E. F. WRIGHT, < . Dear Sir, —In answer to enquiries re 6 acres limed with 6 tons Lime,l am very well satisfied.with result. In spite of heavy winds, which Jblew a lot of it away shortly, after I put it on, and although there is not much difference in the wheat, the grass,; which was sown down at rolling, shows a very marked difference against that which was not, limed, both in the growth and the thickness, and it is my intention to do some more this autumn. , . Yours Truly,, : • ; ',-'■■■' JOHN BOYLE; '.< Longbeaoh, March 14th, 1890! MR EJ. WRIGHT, . \: ' \ ,Deab SiR,-^-FortwO'!-years now I have carried on experiments in liming the land for fruit trees, and I am thoroughly satisfied with the results— making the trees healthier the fruit larger and keeping the blight in check. Yours Truly *"• STANDISH. , * „ . ;; Longbeach, May 17th, 1890. ! MR E. F. WRIGHT, . . Dear Sir,—l am very satisfied with ,the result of the Lime on the ground I had in potatoes. The crop was much better this year, when ft was potatoes after potatoes, than it was the previous year, when it Was potatoes after grass, and the quality much superior.—Yours truly, _ Wakanui, May 20th; 1890. E. F. WRIGHT. Esq., . Dear Sir,—l have pleasure, in informing you that the most satisfactory results have been obtained from the use of lime supplied by you last spring. The lime was applied as a top dressing on land intended for roots at the rate of 2 tons per acre on potatoes and carrots, and one ton on mangold land. The land had been well tilled previous to laying on the lime, and after spreading was well harrowed into the soil. Notwithstanding the fact that the season was most unfavorable for all root crops, I have had a very fair crop; more especially in the case of potatoes and,carrots, which, in quality, are the best I have grown since coming to the country. I am satisfied that any farmer having a little spare cash could not find a better investment for it than giving his paddock a dressing with lime. I intend this season to try the effect on grass land and also on turnips. I Remain Yours Sincerely, , , GEO. W. LEADLEY. Styx Apple Company, , : .•'... Christchurch, May 24th, 1890.1 „ -, E. F. WRIGHT, Esq., Mount Somers, [ Dear Sir,—l have pleasure instating that our Orchard has derived marked benefit from the dressing of Mount Somers Lime, which it received last year. I shall require some more for a fresh plantation which we are ltiaking in the course of the winter; , , Yours faithfully, F. WILDING, Managing Director. ( a Mount Somers, May 7th; 18901 MR WRIGHT, ; Sir, —I could not get anything to grow on my bit of ground.so I was determined to try your lime last winter and I gave it a good dose. I can now, grow plenty of vegetables of all kinds. I planted a piece of ground 30ft by 40ft with potatoes and I got 6 bags of round potatoes out of it, and, strangfe to say there was not a weed of any sort to be seen. I planted another piec? of ground which was not limed with potatoes and they were not worth digging and the ground full of weeds and sorrel, so I recommend your lime highly (for growing good crops. , Yours truly, ROBERT JONES. Ashburton Racing Club, May 31st, 1890, E. F. WRIGHT, Esq., Dear Sir,—l am directed by my Committee to inform you of the result of the experimental use- of your agricultural lime on the grass of the Ashburton Racecourse. A part of the racing track, part of the lawn and saddling paddock,were last season top dressed with lime at the rate of 2 tons to the acre. The parts so dressed now show a far superior turf to the undressed parts of the course, the sw.ard being far closer and better grown Anyone wishing to see the effects of liming may see at a glance,on a visit to the course, the great benefit effected, and considering that the last season h s been- all against the full benefit beang shewn, the result is very marked. Yours faithfully, > G. BISSETT, Sec. Toi Toi, Longbeach, May 24 th 1890. MR E. F. WRIGHT, Dear Sir, —I have been trying to grow potatoes for the last 8 years and I never could get more than 4 to 5 tons to the acre. Last season I jvas induced to try lime,and have got more than double what I ha\egot in previous years. " * Yours truly, R. B. LUSCOMBE. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, , Christchurch, June 2nd, 1890. ; '■ E. F. WRIGHT, Esq., Mount Somers, . ■ Dear Sir,—ln reply\ to your enquiries as to the results of the lime used by me at Buccleuch I can safely say that I am quite satisfied that it is bne of the best fertilisers that can be used. The grass land was greatly improved by it. Last year I dressed some land that had been broken up for turnips, jmfortunately the paddock suffered severely from the'heavy nor-westers, so thajt I cannot say how it might have acted. lamdeterminedtou.se it mere expensively this vear,and hope you will be able to supply me with from 60 to 100 tonsi-Yours faithfully, . H. T. WINTER. ; LIME AS A MANURE FOR TURNIPS. ; TO THE EDITOR " OTAGO DAILY TIMES. s ■ Sir, —Lime is well-known to the farmer, as being beneficial for pasture land and for grain crops, but it is not often applied to turnips,, and as the'result has been very successful, I luwe much pleasure in giving farmers |;he benefit of the experiment: . ; I have had a strbng'iinpression for many years that much of the land south of Dunedin; arid esp^ia%-in>; Southland, would benefit by the use of lime, and we tried ft sever^l;i^es' ro'n^Etiendale with satisfactory results for grass and oats, but tK^ pricjji of the lime and the railway: carriage made the use of it pror hibitory?-'. however, both have been: considerably reduced, although still too high, and last spring we determined to* give liming, a .trial on a larger scale than hitherto, the result of which is given, in the following extract from the annual report of our Edendale manager :— . , , " Last year we limed '200 acres at a cost of £460 14s 6d. Lime ( cost £221 3s 4d, railage £163 13s lid, carting and spreading £75 13s 3d, clearing couch grass £36 13s 3d extra. This seems' a heavy outlay, but there is sucjj a magnificent crop of turnips after the lime that the cost will be repaid twice over this year, and then there is the permanent good the land will derive from the lime. Ten acres in. the paddock were left with the result that we have no turnips, although they had exactly the same labor; seed and bone dust. The crop after the lime is worth £5 an acre, and if we had used'no labor it would not have paid the cost of the cultivation. The railway carriage is still too high on lime, and I h ope to see it reduced." < > ;c> I may explain, that thfet paddock is situated near the Edendale, railway station, and was considerably out 'of order through couch and other objectionable grasses, and that we thought the best way of clearing it would be to grjub out the couch grass a,s well as we could, and then lime and manure the ground well so as to pr oduce a good crop of turnips, Accordingly the groiind was well worked, an<J L 2 tons of lime and 3 cwt of bone dust applied. The turnips were sown partly in drills and partly broadcast, but 10 acres—an average of the land.—was left unlimed. The turnips on the" drills and broad: cast are a splendid crop ; but although the 10-acre patch got 3cwt of bpnjes there are almost i\o turnips. I may say, however, that we have good cropsjin other paddocks without lime, but not equal to the limed ones. Next year I intend increasing the quantity of lime and. reducing the bone' dust; t>ut if the cost of the lime and the railway carriage were reduced a little further we would use lime still more largely. Very few farmers can afford to expend £2 an a<jfe for manuring "their land although they may feel isatisfied that it would pay well to do so, and I think the Railway Commissioners might see their way to carry agricultural lime at a nominal rate, especially as the railway has to bring so many empty timber trucks back to Southland ps,st Milburn. Then they should also bear in mind that the use; of lime increases the crops by 15 to 20 bushels an acre, and the feeding capacity of turnips and grass in still greater proportion, the bulk of which increase would be carried by the railway; and generally farmers would become more prosperous and bent sfit the whole community. We have only to look at what the ,Tokomairiro Plain, was a few years ago and what it is now by the application, of'lime. Then it grew sorrel and Yorkshire fogfnow it produced excellent, crops of wheat and tw mips and grass, which fattens instead of starves =the stocki-^-I am, etc., THOMAS BRYDONE. Dunedin, June 10 ; Special quotations for large orders. All comm unicatians to be addressed to the undersigned, '■ .: E. F. WRIGHT, , MOUNTSOMERS