MORE WHEAT SOWN
"ROUND-THE-CLOCK." ' FARMING
(From "The Post's" Representative.)
SYDNEY, May 7.
A substantial increase in the. acreage sown to wheat this season is- reported throughout New South ■' Wales. In some centres the wheat areas will-be from 45 to 50 per cent, greater,, and in others at least 15 to 20 per cent. The use of tractors and. high-powered headlights for "round-the-clock" farming is becoming a commonplace, ' according to Mr. Mark Reynolds, agricultural inspector in the northern district. This unbroken night work at seeding time enables the farmer .to avoid the hazards of weather changes.
In one section of the north-west many thousands of acres of new land have been prepared with a view to seeding as soon as satisfactory rains fall.' In some districts seeding is well advanced, while in others the farmers have delayed sowing because of unfavourable soil conditions and the prevalence of late swarms, of grasshoppers. , ; Generally the operations are well advanced, and a good fall of rain is urgently needed.. In the early districts some crops have already germinated.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 118, 20 May 1937, Page 8
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174MORE WHEAT SOWN Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 118, 20 May 1937, Page 8
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