The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria . n addition one block at each farm got h ton groundlime per acre in the first, third, and seventh years. Each year theblocks carried what sheep they could feed, and the sheep were weighedwhen put on, and again when taken off. The following table shows Bui. , W. of Scot. Agric. Col. t Supp. Jour. Bd. Agric, Lond. Jan., -811. 626 Joiinial of AgnciiliKrc. Victoria. [10 1912. the aggrt-gate gains in live-weight per acre from the limed and unlimedblocks at each farm at the end of nine vears: — Cockle Iark. Sevii gtoi;. (ranNo Lime. -l
The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria . n addition one block at each farm got h ton groundlime per acre in the first, third, and seventh years. Each year theblocks carried what sheep they could feed, and the sheep were weighedwhen put on, and again when taken off. The following table shows Bui. , W. of Scot. Agric. Col. t Supp. Jour. Bd. Agric, Lond. Jan., -811. 626 Joiinial of AgnciiliKrc. Victoria. [10 1912. the aggrt-gate gains in live-weight per acre from the limed and unlimedblocks at each farm at the end of nine vears: — Cockle Iark. Sevii gtoi;. (ranNo Lime. -ley. No Lime. Lime. No Lime. Limo. Lime. Mutton ))rofhi(ed (9 years) 513 lbs. 713 lbs. 402 lbs. 435 lbs. 1(30 lbs. 402 lbs. Increase due to lime . 200 lbs. 33 lbs. 233 lbs. Value of increase at 3d. per lb. 50s. 8s. 3d. 58s. Cost of lime at 20s. per ton 30s. 30s. 30s. Profit 20s. *21s. 9d. 28s. Loss. .\t Cockle Park the returned a net ])roiit of 66 per cent, afterpaying outlay for lime, and from the last yearU returns it appears tf>. LIG. 4. LIMED PASTURES WILL OFTEN CARRV MORE SHEEP. be not nearly exhausted. Sevington is on the chalk, and lime here gave-<i loss, it was not required. Cransley shows 94 per cent, profiton expenditure ; here, however, the no lime block was to some extentprejudicially affected by flooding in 1903. Clover EincouragedIn the Rothamsted pasture experiments the effect of lime has been toincrease the percentage of clover in the mixed herbage. Here therelative value of the herbage is improved through a change in its botanicafcompo8iti are acid-lovingplants. A g(X)d application of lime is the surest method of eradicating-them, and encouraging tlie kind of plants the farmer wants. Precautions in using article deals with the application of lime to land. We shallnow conclude by drawing
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