COTTON GROWING EXPERIMENTS
-The otW;day Dr.vA.;.K. Newman (WeU lmgton East) asked the. Minister'for Atrri.culture if., he would' have • investigations made of the possibility of cotton-growing m New Zealand. ■ -'Information received in the Dominion shows that the 'cultivation of cotton -is proving highly profitable in certain .parts of Australia, notably in Mil-'1 dura and • Queensland. ' The "cotton" is grown between fruit.crops .and. many;,sm»U settlers find .that is i seven months'" croi it is. well worth the labour of cultivation. -Lnis year it is expected that 12,000,0001b of cotton will bo harvested in, Australia. As the American cotton -crop-is ■; every year showing a .smaller Surplus forToxpori, cotton-growing within tho Empire is considered to have, Rood prospects. , In, sonic of the warmer districts of the Dominion, for example Hawkcs Bay, it is though* the conditions would be favourable. '"
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 9, 11 July 1922, Page 5
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135COTTON GROWING EXPERIMENTS Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 9, 11 July 1922, Page 5
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