GAS LIME.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1518, 28 March 1887, Page 2

GAS LIME.

Gai lime m us :fai if properly applied to the Und, and on this head t pnotleal farmer write* m the London ** Tim«f " : — -Gaa lime ahould be freely ezpond to the a!r for two or three moDthi bofora applying to Boil on which Is a growing orop, because, beiidea m*ny salphidei, il contains a oomponnd of tulpnr and cyanogen, that U deadly to plant*. In anticipation of a turnip orop, it maybe applied to the fallow op till, my Vebrnary (corresponding m New Ze»land to August). This would allow ■uffiolent time for oxidation to alter the poiioturas qualities of the cyanogen. It Is beat to ■ligh'ly harrow it int*> the etnbble after ploaghintf, bec«ai!a the ammonia— or • portion of it- reiultlng on tht oonveriton of the cyan- gen will be retained m the soil if there it In it lime, salt, kalnlt, or •übstances confafning baiee on which the ammonia can form ai nitrates, Thti simple view of it may be borne m mind m making it into composts. Unless ther* are fobstßnoes on whloh the ammonia o*n form, it will combine with carbonlo add And eso«pe int tbe air. The com* post ahonld therefore oout»in a little t.aj.erpho»pb)itß«fvl<, nr kainifc, or ereo • «mall "p'Vr riois nf old lloie. In making • oompi '»;. h< ap h must be kept well aw«y from a growing fence or the roota of vnlnable trees, or it will kill th;>m. In experience, it i« the mort iff-^qtire.sob-s'&nce to be bari for the destruction of fungoid and insect pests m the soli. Applied to the fallow as above, at the) rate of aboa^ S tune per aore, there netd be iittlu fpar ».f Brjger-ftnd-toe.