RESEARCH WORK

Hokitika Guardian, 30 January 1931, Page 4

RESEARCH WORK

SCIENTIST RET UR KING. X.Z. GRASS SEED TRADE. (Hy Telegraph—Ter Tress Association) PALMERSTON NORTH, Jan, 29. Two years of important research work under arrangements made by the Empire Marketing Board were completed to-day when Air William Davies AI.S.C., whose services have been loaned to the plant research station at this centre for that term, left Palmerston North to embark for England. He is returning to his post as chief officer of the Agronomy Department at the Aberystwyth plant breeding station in Wales, carrying back with him 200 samples of New Zealand grass seed.

When Davies readies England he will spend six months in work at the Aberystwyth, Cambridge plant breeding station and the animal nutrition station at Aberdeen. Afterwards lie will proceed to Kenya, and Rhodesia and various other parts of South Africa before returning to Great Britain to make preparations for further studies, which lie will carry on in Queensland. Subsequently he will go to Canada.

AD Davies stated his object in this chain of research work was to familiarise himself with other investigations being carried out in various parts of the Empire. An important aspect of the situation proceeded Air Davies, is that during the next five years New Zealand will have an unprecedented opportunity to develop its grass seed trade l>efore its potentialities arc realised bv others.