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Journal of A^^nculture, Victoria. 



[lo Oct., 1912. 



Marl deposits come as a boon and blessing locally, owing to the shallow 

 depth at which they occur, and the easy manner in which the marl can be 

 dug out, carted, and distributed. Unfortunately these deposits are never 

 of very great extent, and they only serve a useful purpose in their own 

 immediate locality, where the cost of handling is the only expense attached 

 to their use. 



A FARMER S MARL F-IT, GEELONG DISTRICT. (Ste also page 610). 



On the other hand, there is the deposit of limestone sand occurring as 



" Dunes " or " Hummocks," and running from the mouth of the Hopkins 



River, at Warrnambcdl, to Port Fairy — a distance of from 15 to 20 miles. 



^ The following is a list of analyses of samples taken from various 



points around Warrnambool — 



LiM-i:sTONE Sand Dunes, Warrnambool. 



Regarding the quantity of this material available, suffice it to say that 

 the Dunes are, in some places, a quarter of a mile wide and 80 feet hio-h. 



