1 Ocr., 1901.] 
QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 
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COMPARATIVE VALUES OF JUICE TANK LIME AND QUICK- 
LIME. 
H. Srreson, junior, Hon. Sec. Island Farmers’ Progress Association— 
Question 1—What are the comparative values of juice tank lime and 
quicklime for agricultural purposes ? 
Mr. J. C. Briinnich, Chemist to the Department of Agriculture, 
furnishes the following replies :— 
Answer 1.—The composition of juice tank lime (filterpress cake) may 
vary considerably, and contains from 15 to 80 per cent. of calcic 
oxyde or quicklime. 
If obtained from sugar-mills in which 
phosphoric acid is used for the process of clarification, this waste 
product becomes much more valuable on account of the phosphate 
of lime it contains. ' 
Question 2.—What amounts should be applied per acre to an alluvial 
soil per year ? 
Answer 2.—A yearly application of from 10 ewt. to 1 ton of quicklime 
(varying in accordance with the quality of the land) should be 
sufficient, and this would correspond to an application of 2 to 5 
tons of juice tank lime or filterpress cake. 
Question 3.—In what form is it best applied ? 
Answer 3.—Juice tank lime is best worked up into a proper compost by 
mixing with megass, wood ashes, other mill refuse, and molasses. 
Compost of this description has been applied in quantities from 10 
to 20 tons per acre with beneficial results. 
PLANTING SEASONS AT GOONDIWINDI. 
GoonpiwinpI.—A correspondent asks us to supply some information as 
to the times and seasons for planting and sowing various crops in the Goondi- 
windi district. Mr. P. McLean, Agricultural Adviser, has kindly prepared the 
following table, which will, we think, furnish all the information required :— 
Crop. 
x rasses 
pple 
Apricot 
eee 
sparagus 
Barley 
Beans 
Beets 
Broom millet 
Cabbage 
Cape barley 
arrot 
Cauliflower 
Celery 
Chestnut-trees 
Citrus fruits 
Clover 
OW pea 
Cucumbers, melons 
Pumpkins, marrows 
Cnlinary herbs 
Field peas 
Fig-trees 
Flax 
Grapes 
Gooseberries 
Imphee 
Kafir corn 
Season to Plant. 
March and September 
ease 
uly 
May to September 
August to October 
March and April 
May to December 
February, March, Sep- 
tember 
August to January 
March to September 
January to March 
Nearly all seasons 
February and March 
September 
August 
June to August 
March 
September to November 
August to November 
August and September 
February 
April to August 
August 
March to September 
July 
July 
August to January 
August to January 
Crop. 
Lucerne 
Maize 
Mangelwurtzel 
Nectarines 
Oats 
Onions 
Panicum 
Passion fruit . 
Peach 
Pear 
Persimmon 
Plum 
Potatoes 
Rye 
Sorghum 
Strawberries 
Sweet potatoes 
Teosinte 
Tomatoes 
Tobacco 
Turnips 
Vetches and tares 
Walnut 
Wattle-trees 
Wheat 
Season to Plant. 
March to July 
August to January 
August and September 
July 
March and April 
April and May 
January 
September 
July and August 
July and August 
July 
July 
August and March 
September 
June 
August and September 
March and April 
August to January 
February to March 
September to December 
August to January 
July and September 
September 
March and April 
August to February 
August 
August 
March to June. 
