1 Ava., 1898,] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. z 
Public Announcements. 
Tux Editor will be glad to receive any papers of special merit which may 
be read at meetings of Agricultural and Pastoral Associations in Queensland, 
reserving, however, the right to decide whether their value and importance 
will justify their publication. 
GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURAL LABORATORY. 
INSTRUCTION FOR THE Oe pea! OF SAMPLES, AND SCALE 
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. 
1. All analyses are carried out in their turn as they arrive at the 
Laboratory. 
2, Should a customer wish for an immediate analysis, the fee, as provided 
by scale of fees below, will be increased by 50 per cent. 
8. The samples may be forwarded by parcel post or by rail, either to the 
Under Secretary for Agriculture, Brisbane, or direct to the Chemist, Agricul- 
tural Laboratory, at the Agricultural College, Gatton; but in any case the 
required fee must be transmitted at the same time. 
4, Analyses will be only carried out, if samples are taken strictly in 
accordance with the instructions issued below. 
SCALE OF FEES. : 
Farmers, Selectors, 
Gardeners, 
‘ £8 ad. 
Soil—Short analysis (estimation of lime, alkalies, 
nitrogen, and phosphoric acid) : i 
Soil and Subsoil—Short analysis 
Soil—Complete analysis 
Water—Analysis ... 
Manures— 
Complete analysis 
Nitrogen only 
Potash only vee 
Phosphoric acid sol. 
Phosphoric acid insol. 
Food Stuffs— 
Complete analysis 
Water only , 
Albuminoids 
Oil or fat ... 
Ash oe 
Fibre : a i an Hon An 
Sugar-cane, sugar-beet, megass—Analysis of ., 
Sugar, massecuite, jelly, molasses ... ta ior 
Milk, butter, cheese—Complete analysis . 
Tanning materials (tannin estim.) “ 
Soaps ... om x x2) 
Limestone, cement, clay, &c.... 
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR TAKING AND COLLECTING OF SAMPLES. 
SOILS AND SUBSOILS. 
To obtain a fair average sample of the soil of a block of land, as near as 
possible, equal quantities of soil are taken from various parts of the fields. 
A sketch plan of the field, paddock, or block of land on which the samples 
were taken should accompany the samples, and the spots where samples are 
taken are marked on this plan and numbered. This sketch plan should also 
indicate position of roads, creeks, gullies, ridges, general fall of the land, &c. 
