AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
DRY LAND CULTIVATION, WHEAT THE BEST CROPPER. (United Frees Assn.-By CableCopyrlght.l (Australian and N.Z. Press Assn.l Fremantle, May 23. Sir E. J. Russell, director of the renowned Southampton experimental station in Herefordshire, arrived by the steamer Cathay. He said that dry land agriculture was the chief concern of those engaged in research work which affected all parts of the Empire. Wheat was one of the best crops for planting on dry land anywhere, Jewish colonists in Palestine were now making steady progress by scientific methods It was astonishing, he said, how successful they had been with citrus fruits and bananas on dry but irrigated land, while they were producing wheat and dairy produce on unirrigated land.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 137, 24 May 1928, Page 8
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