Gisborne’s Paddy Field.
“The land in Gisborne is too valuable for growing rice,” said Mr. E. M. Fyson, general manager of Messrs. Parsons Brothers and Company Pty., Limited, Melbourne, after a. v.eit to an experimental patch of lice being grown in the district, states the Herald. He said it was an interesting experiment, but conditions were not altogether suitable. There was a lack of water and the soil was unsuitable. It was necessary for the land to be flooded for 90 ,per cent, of the growing period. Rice was grown widely in New South Wales and 50,000 tons annually was milled in Australia. It was reserved . largely for feeding the starving peoples of eastern countrise and was available in Australia. for hospitals and Asiatics.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 45, 24 January 1949, Page 4
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124Gisborne’s Paddy Field. Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 45, 24 January 1949, Page 4
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