AMBITIOUS SCHEME.
GROWING OF RUBBER,
LARGE TRACT PURCHASED
Received November 28, 9.10 a.m. NEW YORK, Nov. 27. . Mr Henry Ford announces that liis company recently purchased five million acres from the Brazilian Government situated on the Piquababa plateau in the State of Para in rich volcanic soil. He says that if the entire tract can be placed under production it will not only change the whole situation of the rubber in world, but will give Northern Brazil a tremendous agricultural and industrial impetus. Planting will begin immediately and he expects that in seven years there will be an immense annual production.—Sydney Sun cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 306, 28 November 1927, Page 7
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