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Liming in Herefordshire. 



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The 295,000 acres of permanent pasture land in the county 

 have not been taken into account in the above calculation. 

 The hme removed by the continual grazing of the young cattle, 

 sheep and horses, will, however, need to be returned to the 

 soil in some form or other if the best results are to be obtained 

 in the future. 



In addition to the supphes which are needed for agricultural 

 purposes, lime and limestone would be required for other 

 industries, such as building and road construction. There is 

 every reason, therefore, to believe that the demand would 

 be large. 



Quality of Local Limestones. — The next step of the Committee 

 was to take samples of the hmestone in the coimty for analysis, 

 but a report was previously obtained from each County Coun- 

 cillor as to the location of any lime-kilns in the district which 

 he represented. The County Councillors were also asked to 

 state (i) the owner and occupier of the lime-kiln, (2) the length 

 of time which had elapsed since the kiln was used, (3) whether 

 there was an abundant supply of limestone available, etc. 



From this information, a selection was made of the limestone 

 quarries from which it was proposed to take samples. An 

 effort was made in each case to get in touch with the local 

 hme-burner, so as to ensure that samples should be obtained 

 from the stratum of limestone most favoured for burning 

 purposes. In the course of receiving these samples the im- 

 mensely important practical point was revealed that the grey 

 crystalline limestones of the Silurian formation which were 

 most favoured for burning for hme are found nearer the surface 

 of the quarry than the " dark grey " and " blue " limestones, 

 which are more suitable for road-making purposes. The 

 eighteen samples taken were then forwarded to Mr. John 

 Hughes, F.I.C., County Analyst for Herefordshire, who 

 reported as follows as to their quality : — Carbonate 

 of Silica. Magnesia, of Lime. 



Sample. Name of Quarry. p^y ^ent. Per cent. Per cent. 



10. Great Doward Whitestone 





Quarry 



O-IO 



7 



99-80 



I. 



Ledbury Hill (Greystone) 



2-30 



? 



96-30 



4- 



Cradley (Shapland's) . . 





? 



94-30 



2. 



Ledbury Hill (Dark Grey- 











stone) 



270 





94-20 



5. 



Cradley (Lockyear's) . . 



670 



? 



91-90 



15. 



St, Margarets (Whiteliouse, 











" Woodfield ") 



5-25 



? 



91-69 



9. 



Hope Mansell (Silverstone 











Farm) 



6-8o 



? 



90-30 



