CANTERBURY SCHEME FOR FARM IRRIGATION.—The great Canterbury irrigation schemes will provide at reasonable rates water for thousands of acres. The latest patterns of mechanised units are being used and the works wil be completed at the cost of little over £6 an acre, compared with some of the Central Otago schemes, which cost £23 an acre. The grader and tamper are here seen at Work in a big race. The grader, drawn by a 100 horsepower tractor, shifts the spoil, which is consolidated by the tamper . This process costs a little over sixpence a yard; the man power cost would be at least four shillings.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 20 January 1938, Page 4
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105CANTERBURY SCHEME FOR FARM IRRIGATION.—The great Canterbury irrigation schemes will provide at reasonable rates water for thousands of acres. The latest patterns of mechanised units are being used and the works wil be completed at the cost of little over £6 an acre, compared with some of the Central Otago schemes, which cost £23 an acre. The grader and tamper are here seen at Work in a big race. The grader, drawn by a 100 horsepower tractor, shifts the spoil, which is consolidated by the tamper. This process costs a little over sixpence a yard; the man power cost would be at least four shillings. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 20 January 1938, Page 4
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