LARGE-SCALE FARMING.
There is some very large-scale farming in Australia and attended, as it is. by problems little known in New Zealand. it follows that developmental schemes of magnitude are necessary. . A ease in point-is. furnished .by a recent development on the 112,000 acres property of Mr Anthony Hordern, situated near‘Hay. New South Wales, oh the .iMnrruinbidgee "River, ■ An area of ■ 600 acres is to be irrigated for fodder growing and pasture. Two lOin. electrically rpowered pumps, capable of lifting 250.000 gallons an hour have been installed. The irrigated crops at .present- comprise 150 acres of paspalum, 90 acres of lucerne, and 200 acres of Sudan grass and amber cane. The.property carries about 11,00 sheep and some large stock, . >'
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Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 292, 13 June 1929, Page 6
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119LARGE-SCALE FARMING. Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 292, 13 June 1929, Page 6
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