PASTURE LANDS
INCREASED PRODUCTION aj Tel«tr*ph-Pr#»» AMoetetioa) . WELLINGTON, This Day.. The Hon. G. W. Forbes, Minister of Agriculture, addressing the Farmers' Union Conference, dealt chiefly with the matter of pasture lands improvement and increased production, dwelling on the great advance made in the past ten years, and saying that no one could foretell the future. There were estimated to be fully 6,000,000 acres in New Zealand that could be top-dressed. Last year 2,250,000 acres were top-dressed. Mr Coatos made a suggestion that a great deal of valuable help could be given to the Government by a board of reference were set up,from "among primary producers to which the Government could refer matters of importance.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 23 July 1929, Page 4
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114PASTURE LANDS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 23 July 1929, Page 4
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