f " s P ,te 01 lle many attempts by the farmer, the gum lands of the North Auckland district have proved unsuitable for general agricultural purposes C ropping is not a paying proposition in those parts. There is one exception, however -tobacco thrives well in these latitudes and splendid types of leaf have been produced on soils that not long ago were covered with ti.tree and fern. A sml , portion of these waste lands if nlc„, , . tobacco would be sufficient to this poverty-stricken district into'. f ra of affluence and wealth £ " g ‘° n 8 average yield of a tobacco cr,/’ ' “ ‘ he and often more. Few peoD i, ~f .r ac 'e immense possibilities of the 1 We 'he dustry, but anyone wanting ; , Cco inon the subject is referred to , a,i °n manufactured article. ‘r ; „ ' ,e re adv mildest of all; ‘Toested Go,d ' tfiuljdogj of medium Miyngth aly Cut* No iu- ‘Cut. Do not forget that ali t j~ r , „ , ' rrc "gtb. t»ute i” at, I thSr a'>? ar . than the average class of *!*'**• overseas, often so harmful „n ,1 • 01 excess nicotine, 11 ScorZ
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Northland Age, Volume 28, Issue 58, 18 July 1928, Page 3
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