SURVEY OF SOILS
NELSON TOBACCO LAND ' CAWTHRON INSTITUTE WORK I In compliance with a request made by the Tobacco Research Committee, arrangements have been made by the I Cawthron Institute and the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research for a detailed survey of the soils used for tobacco culture in the Nelson district. Officers of the Cawthron Institute will begin work immediately in the Motueka-Riwaka district, of which large-scale litho maps are being prepared by the Lands and Survey Department. Nelson. A set of aerial photographs covering the district has been made available by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, and these should prove of great value in the detailed soil mapping which is essential.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 21065, 17 June 1938, Page 10
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116SURVEY OF SOILS Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 21065, 17 June 1938, Page 10
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