10 Oct., 191:?.] Tlie Use of Lime in Yictonaii Vi//evards, 



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Tabi.k a. — L'lW LiMK Region — conliimed. 



Whitfield. 

 .~)\ Surface to 12 inches 

 OB Subsoil, 12 to 24 inches 



Goidburn ]'iillei/. 

 Shepjjarton Irrigation Settk 

 nient (loamy clay soil) — 

 Surfate to 8 inches 

 Subsoil, 8 to 20 inches 

 .. 20 to 2(j 

 Tatura (stiff clay soil) — 

 Surface to o inches 

 Subsoil, o to 12 inches 

 „ 12 to 20 ., 

 Cobrani (sand hill soil) — 

 Surface to 7 inches 

 Subsoil. 7 to 18 mches 

 .. 18 to .30 ,. 

 Tabilk (fairly sandy soil) — 

 Surface to 12 inches 

 Subsoil. 12 to 24 inches 

 24 to 36 „ 

 3<5 to 48 „ 

 Dookie (red soil) — 

 Sui'facc . . 



«)A 

 <)B 

 <)C 



7 A 



7b 



7c 



8a 

 8b 

 8c 



9a 

 9b 

 9c 

 9d 



10a 

 10b 



11a 



llB 



12a 

 12b 

 12c 



13a 

 13b 

 13c 



13 1) 



Subsoil 



Cosgrove 



soil)- 



Surface 



Subsoil 



(exceptional lime 



Great Western. 

 Surface to 7i inches 

 Subsoil, Ih to 14i inches 

 Hl to 20' ... 

 Rhymney — 



Surface to 8 inches 

 Subsoil. 8 to 18 inches 

 „ 18 to 2.5 ., 

 .. 2.1 to 30 .. 



Xitrogi'ii. 



'Per cent. 

 ■137 

 ■050 



048 

 033 



028 



0!».") 

 055 

 042 



034 

 014 

 Oil 



084 

 007 

 050 

 047 



095 

 050 



■2,38 

 •210 



•022 

 •017 

 •041 



■ 10() 

 ■078 

 ■058 

 •045 



Phosph"!; 

 Acid. 



Per c -lit. 



•ooo 



•047 



•023 

 ■026 

 ■027 



•068 

 (».-)2 

 041 



• 023 

 •013 

 ■018 



•067 



• 0(50 

 •054 

 ■05() 



•043 

 •043 



•045 

 ■153 



•012 

 •013 



• 022 



•046 

 •049 



• 055 

 •054 



Per cent. 

 •289 

 •238 



•120 

 •299 

 334 



442 



•62t) 

 • ()56 



•147 

 •140 

 •134 



■ 308 

 201 

 •Kil 

 •161 



•319 

 •477 



•386 

 ■379 



■056 

 •0()5 

 •214 



•108 



•088 



133 



•258 



Per cent. 



080 

 024 



096 

 276 

 316 



308 

 208 

 204 



132 

 096 

 078 



182 

 118 

 156 

 096 



156 

 248 



1 960 

 13 240 



056 

 048 

 108 



250 

 190 

 202 

 322 



Magnesia. 



Per cent. 

 •180 

 •125 



•174 

 273 

 • 697 



].-)5 

 134 

 1.38 



210 

 161 

 277 

 241 



•036 

 ■ 070 



• 220 



• 290 

 •349 



402 

 .544 



All t'xaniination ot Tablf A show.s clt^-arly the remarkable deliciencv 

 of lime which characterizes the soils of this large portion of the State. 

 The great majority of the samples analyzed contain twice as much potash 

 as lime. I.solated exceptions are, of course, to be met with occasionally, 

 such as Xo. II A and B, at Co.sgrove. near Dookie. which show up to 

 13 per cent, of lime in the sub.soil. This is a local lime deposit of 

 very limited area. Such cases are rare, and do not affect the main 

 contention, that our silurian .soils and the .soils of valleys resulting from 

 the decomposition of silurian formations are invariably poor in lime. 



It is worthy of note that Xo. 13 A. B. C, and D, one of the few- in 

 which lime exceeds potash, is the lieaviest bearing vineyard in the Great 

 Western and Rhymney districts. It was. in fact, its excellent v:eld.s 

 Avhich led to the samples being taken for analysis. 



Between the low and high lime regions there exists an intermediate 

 ione shown in Table B in which, as vet. there are few \inevards. The 



