This Month’s CoVer
With the availability of aircraft for topdressing and of heavy machinery for cultivation, land development in New Zealand is reaching out to areas previously considered unfruitful. One such area is the extensive tract of pumice country near the centre of the North Island round Waiouru. Portion of this high-altitude area (over 2000 ft. above sea level) that is being converted from native tussocl( to sown pastures is shown on this month's cover, which has been • reproduced from a colour photograph byNational Publicity Studios. Z description of the methods being used and a history of the country are given in an article on page 3 of this issue. The mountains in the background are Ruapehu (9175 ft. at left and Ngauruhoe (7515 ft. New Zealand Department of Agriculture HEAD OFFICE: Dominion Farmers’ Institute Building, Featherston Street, Wellington v DIRECTOR-GENERAL: E. J. Fawcett ‘ ASSISTANT - DIRECTOR-GENERAL R. B. Tennent DIVISIONAL DIRECTORS: Animal Industry .... J. E. Mcllwaine Animal Research . . . . J. F. Filmer Dairy . . . . . . . . H. A. Foy Extension . . . . P. W. Smallfield Horticulture . . ... A. M. W. Greig Editor: G. J. Neale
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 93, Issue 1, 16 July 1956, Page 1
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178This Month’s CoVer New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 93, Issue 1, 16 July 1956, Page 1
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