The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria . stated, i ton of burnt lime is equivalentin lime content to tons of slaked lime, and tons of ground lime-stone or carbonate. Hence, if burnt lime is quoted at 25s. per ton, groundlimestone, leaving freights out of consideration, is worth, as a source oflime, only 14s. per ton. The present price is jQi per ton. The freight ona ton of burnt lime is 5s. 4d. per 150 miles. The freight on an equivalentamount of lime in the form of ground limestone would therefore be 5s. = 9s. 7d. In other words, if a farmer, situated 150 mile
The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria . stated, i ton of burnt lime is equivalentin lime content to tons of slaked lime, and tons of ground lime-stone or carbonate. Hence, if burnt lime is quoted at 25s. per ton, groundlimestone, leaving freights out of consideration, is worth, as a source oflime, only 14s. per ton. The present price is jQi per ton. The freight ona ton of burnt lime is 5s. 4d. per 150 miles. The freight on an equivalentamount of lime in the form of ground limestone would therefore be 5s. = 9s. 7d. In other words, if a farmer, situated 150 miles from alime quarry, were to purchase the equivalent of a ton of pure lime in theform of burnt lime and ground limestone, his purchase would pan out asfollows : — I ton of burnt lime at ])lus freight. 5s. 4d = 30s. 4d. Equivalent in ground limestone == i .8 tons at ^r per ton, freight,9S. lA.^£2 5s. that the lime in ground limestone would really cost him 50 per cent,more than in burnt lime. This should not lie. ^^ith the vast deposits of. FIG. 3. LIMING LAND FOR LUCERNE. high quality limestone in this State, and the improved rockgrinding ma-chinery now available, it should be possible to bring the price of groundlimestone to nearly half its present level. With an increasing demand for,and an increasing output of ground limestone,, the price will doubtless dropconsiderably. The price must drop if it is to be used extensively. Inother countries the ultimate cost to the farmer has been reduced by freehaulage on the railways. Whether Victoria should follow in this regardis a matter of railwav policy. It is to the farmers interest, however, thatlime and ground limestone or carbonate of lime should be railed at bedrockrates. It is also to the farmers interest that the various lime compoundson the market should be sold on a guarantee basis just as is now done withphosphatic nitrogenous and potassic fertilizers. What Form of Lime to Use.^^e have already seen that lime ma
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