RUAKURA STATE FARM.
VISITOR'S COMPLIMENT. High praise was given to the Ruaknra State Farm by Mr. E. BreakwelJ, principal of the Yanco Agricultural High School, in an interview on his return to Sydney. Although he considers Ruakura is, in some respects, inferior to Hawkesbury Agricultural College, or to such State farms us Wagga or Ratburst, Mr. Breakwell said great credit is due to the manager of that farm for his efforts in reclaiming the "tea-tree " country which was previously considered useless by the ordinary farmer. The pastures he has laid down, chiefly with lotus major, a leguminous plant, are simply remarkable, and such an achievement alone has justified the existence of the farm. It has been stated that. 300 beau of large stock and 2000 sheep were carried on the 900 acres of the farm (mostly pasture) last year, with no supplementary feeding apart from the crops grown on "the total area mentioned.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18939, 10 February 1925, Page 13
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