626 Joiinial of AgnciiliKrc. Victoria. [10 Oct.. 1912. 



the aggrt-gate gains in live-weight per acre from the limed and unlimed 

 blocks at each farm at the end of nine vears : — 



Loss. 



.\t Cockle Park the l.me returned a net ])roiit of 66 per cent, after 

 paying 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, becau.se it was not required. Cransley shows 94 per cent, profit 

 on expenditure ; here, however, the no lime block was to some extent 

 prejudicially affected by flooding in 1903. 



Clover Eincouraged 

 In the Rothamsted pasture experiments the effect of lime has been to 

 increase the percentage of clover in the mixed herbage. Here the 

 relative value of the herbage is improved through a change in its botanicaf 

 compo8iti<iii. Clovers have a higher nutritive value than grass. 



Lime and Soprel. 

 Some plants grow well on an acid .soil. Such plants are always- 

 more or less worthless for stock. Sorrel and dock> are acid-loving 

 plants. 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 Lime. 

 This article deals with the application of lime to land. We shall 

 now conclude by drawing attention to certain precautions which should 

 be observed in the use of lime. 



