MARKET GARDENS
REGISTRATION OF AREAS NOW COMPULSORY
(N.Z.P.A.) WELLINGTON, Jan. 21. The Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. J. G. Barclay, stated to-day that every occupier of a commercial garden of half an acre or over, or the occupier of a glasshouse covering an area of not less than 2500 square feet, or the occupier of a commercial garden comprising a glasshouse and open land, which, together, aggregate an area of half an acre or more (the area under glass being computed at the rate of 5000 square feet per acre) is directed to furnish to the Primary Industries Controller, particulars of crops at present under cultivation and those crops to be planted before January 31. The returns should include all vegetable crops with the exception of potatoes, and are required to be completed and posted by growers not later than February 1. The statistics are considered essential in order that the Government may be in a position to know that adequate supplies will be available for the Armed Forces as well as the civilian population.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22486, 22 January 1943, Page 4
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175MARKET GARDENS Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22486, 22 January 1943, Page 4
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