Journal of Agriculture. Victoria. 



[lo Oct.. 1912. 



As year succeeds year the accumulating results will be published until, 

 it is hoped, reliable data can be put forth as having stood the test of time 

 and repetition under such a sufficiency of varying conditions as to be axio- 

 matic for practice. 



In the meantime, and in order that as much reliable information on the 

 subject as possible may be made available for the benefit af farmers at the 

 present time, it has been deemed desirable to put forward a concise com- 

 pendium dealing with such of the aspects of the lime in agriculture ques- 

 tion as is likely to prove informative and helpful in a practical sense to 

 all who wish to undertake this method of soil renovation. 



Accordingly, in addition to Mr. Richardson's article just mentioned, 

 Mr. Rankin Scott, Chemist for Agriculture, deals with the chemistry of 

 lime, and at the same time indicates a simplified nomenclature of the 



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various forms of lime which will be used throughout, and which it is 

 hoped will tend, to do away with the confusion that at present exists in 

 the minds of farmers concerning the many forms in which lime may be 

 purchased. 



Dr. J. W. Paterson, B.Sc, Ph.D., Experimentalist, and Mr. Scott, deal 

 with the "Relation of Lime to Soil Fertility," and indicate results of ex- 

 periments already obtained in the laboratory. 



The Viticulturalist (Mr. F. De Castella) supplies information with 

 respect to the use of lime in viticulture; and Mr. Temple Smith, Chief 

 Field Officer, as regards lime for tobacco land. 



The Chief Orchard Superviser, Mr. P. J. Carmody, advises on the use 

 of lime for orchard soils ; and Mr. G. Seymour, the potato expert, relates 

 practical experiences of the use of lime on certain classes of soil for 

 potatoes. 



