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Ashburton Guardian, Volume X, Issue 2407, 15 June 1891, Page 2

Public Notices LONGBEACH COAOHT ~~ ON and after MONDAY, 6th April, the Longbeach Coach will leave the Ashburton Post Office at 4 p.m. ; instead of at 5 p.m. as formerly. R. R. BROWNE. * "" Coachman. CIGAR DIVAN AND FANCY GOODS EMPORIUM. HARRY FRIEDLANDER has received a large consignment of New Goods in all Departments, and while thanking both old and new patrons for the hearty support accorded to him since recommencing Business, would take this opportunity to Every kind of Tobacco known to Users of the weed of the very best quality procurable in the American Markets. A full Stock of Pipes to suit t»very taste, and an abundant supply of Smokers'Requisites. CIGARS of the very best Brands; alao CIGAEETTES of every description, including the latest "Temple Bar." HAlltnHß9l§l*Ct Is Practised in our S.iloon as an Art, and Ladies and Gentlemen will find that the taste and skill of an ab e Professor are at their service. Examination of our samples of Hair work will bear out this statement. Licensed to Sell STAMPS. SALONS DU COIFfURE EAST STREET. Mount Somers Lime. MR. JAMES AUSTIN, Winchester,, SAYS — The Lime I bought was Used with Turnips, and I have the best crop of Hybrid and Swedes that 1 ever had, notwithstanding the very bad season for that crop. I sowed the Lime with a Duncan Drill, and had no difficulty in so doing. Where any unusual quantity of Lime was spilt, I notice the roots are much larger than elsewhere. I am now using Lime in sowing wheac, hoping thereby to avoid the ravages of the grub, which pest is very destructive this ■eaion. MR JOHNGRIGG, Longbeach, Says—The lime I used last year was only for rape in peat land and for fruit trees. For the latter the benefit was very great but for the rape all the crop . was so superb that 1 could not see any difference. But there is no doubt of its value on peat soils and on cold clays. I shall take a larger quantity than I have ordered. MR G. T. SMITH, Nurseryman, Ashburton, Bays—l am pleased to inform you that lam quite satisfied from experiments I made in liming land for fruit, trees that Brand results follow, the fruit being larger, more abundant, and the color perfect ; also the lime keeps in check the slug and grub. For growing clover with irrigation the result is simply marvellous, the clover being of a luxuriant green. In short, I consider lime and irrigation go hand in hand with perfect husbandry. He finishes by saying he intends to keep on wring Mount Somers lime from time to time.

MR F. WILDING, (For the Styx Apple Co.) Says-The lime used afc the Styx Orchard had an excellent effect upon the ; toil. The trees bore well and were unusually free from insect pests of every kind. MR W. T. SMITH, Spkingburn, Says—He limed strips in two old grass paddocks which had been down to grass ten year-*, and in both cases it renewed the pasture on these strips, a vigorous growth of clover and rye grass appearing in each strip, MR ANDREW MacFARLANE, Spring burn, Says—Helimed some grass land eigh teen months age this summer. He .shut it up for hay, and in two cuttings took off four tons more grass per acre off limed ground than the non-limed. MR JOHNSTON, Hakatkre, Says—He limed a piece oi a grass paddock which had been down four years, shut it up for hay tins summer, and the limed ground by weight gave nearly three times as much grass as the non-limed. MR HOOD Says—Be limed 60 acres, leaving 14 acre in the middle unlimed, the whole of the land being drilled in with turnips and superphosphate. By actual weight and measurement the l*med land gave 21 tons to the acre, unlimed 11 tons. Estimating turnips at 2s 6d per ton we have 52s 6d and 27s 6d an acre respectively. From these figures, if you require 1000 tons of turnips, it will require 100 acres of unlimed land, and it will cost £100 for labor and phosphate; whereas, if you lime the land, you get 1000 tons off 50 acres, and so save the labor and phosphate on 50 acres, thereby saving £50, without taking into consideration that you have the use of 50 acres for some other puipose, and that you have a large credit balance in the limed soil. E.F.W. MR RANDALL, OF ASHBURTON, Says—He limed a strip in a paddock at an outlay of £2 an acre, 18 months ago ; the remainder of the paddock he treated with artificial manures to the value of £3 , nn acre ; planted the whole with potatoes and the whole crop was about equal. This last Spring he put part of it in potatoes and part in. mangels ; the potatoes on artificially manured land gave 8 ton 12 cwt per acre, potatoes on limed land 10 ton 19 cwt per acre. The mangels with artificial manures gave 38 tons to the acre, and on limed, land 58 tons to the acre. MR JOSEPH TUCKER g ft y 3 —Through liming he has grown from ten to twelve tons of potatoes on land which would not grow potatoes before. MR J. T. BURNET, ot Kaiapoi, g, l y S __By liming land to the extent of 1| ton of lime to the acre he has been able to grow one-third more potatoes of much superior quality on limed land. He has sent me two samples to verify his statement, -which are on view at the New Zealand Clothing Factory. I have many other testimonials of a like character. MR ROBERT THEW, Peel Forest, g a ya—He mixed lime with superphosphate to dry the phosphate. On fifty acres he used lime and phosphate in the proportion of Ito 1. On thirty acres he used two buckets full of lime to one cwfc of phosphate ; on another thirty acres he used phosphate alone —in each case, 1| cwt •was used per acre. He says the largest turnips appeared to be growing on the land which had the mcmt lime, although ' he was told not to mix the lime and phosphate, as the lime would liberate the ammonia from the phosphate. Finishes by saying he i« so pleased with the result hat he intends using lime again. ■.•■fß, V. WRIGHT, 5^232 Mount Sowwa *