Rice Growing in Australia,
Although it was only a few years since the first rice was grown on the Murrumhidgee irrigation scheme in Auslralia, that country now supplied all the rice for Australia and New Zealand, said Mr G. .1. Fineran, of Christcliurch, in an address lo the ‘.Canterbury Fruitgrowers’ Association. I’nlike the Chinese and Japanese, the Australians used modern methods in vice-growing, he said. The fields were ploughed by tractors, the rice was drilled like wheal, and manures were also used. The water was then turned back on to the field, and was turned off just before the harvest. Header harvesters bagged and graded Ihc rice.
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Franklin Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 140, 30 November 1938, Page 5
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107Rice Growing in Australia, Franklin Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 140, 30 November 1938, Page 5
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