AGRICULTURE IN INDIA.
ADVANCE OF SCIENCE. RAPID STRIDES IN INDUSTRY. [TiY TELEIittAI'K. —OWN COIi RESPONDENT. 1 WELL! NGTON, Tuesday. Developments iu agriculture in India wero spoken of to-day by Mr. G. Dug-daic-Pricstley, of Madras, who arrived by the Marania from Sydney. Mr. Priestley is an assistant director of Imperial Chemical Industries (India), Limited, and is visiting New Zealand on a holiday trip, accompanied by Mrs. Priestley. "With the recent growth of knowledge in connection with nitrogenous fertilisers and their scientific application to the soil," he said, "they are concentrating now on educating the 'ryot' in the more scientific methods of production, that is, by improved tillage, improved strains of seed and tho judicious application of fertilisers." Although India was essentially an agricultural country, rapid strides in industry had been made in recent years, said Mr. Priestley, particularly in the jute industry, which now rivalled Dundee. Tho cotton industry, too, had made remarkable advancea.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20725, 19 November 1930, Page 7
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