IRRIGATION TESTS.
• ' A CANTERBURY SUGGESTION. ; V Mr. M.. Murphy, the.new President of tho Canterbury'A', and P. .Association (says our Christchurch correspondent), moved, at , the annual meeting, and it was carried, •'That the. Government be requested to set aside a portion of the Cnlvorden Estate for the purpose of establishing an experiment station." He pointed out that if ;the station were established on the Oulverden Estate, in addition to'experiments with grain and grasses, experiments 'in irrigation could be. carried out. /.Although' experiments were carried out. at Lincoln: Collego, that institution .did not ■ exist for that There is, however, '.a-wide'.difference.of opinion among farmers as to' the suitability of the ,sito;' 1
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 148, 17 March 1908, Page 2
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109IRRIGATION TESTS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 148, 17 March 1908, Page 2
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