FLAX PLANTING
POSSIBILITY FOR A NEW INDUSTRY IN DISTRICT Diseussing the possibilities of de- i veloping new industrial fields in ko- : torua district, Dr. E. Marsden, seeret- i ary of the Department of Scientifie and Industrial Research, informed a ; representative of the "Morning Post" ; yesterday evening that experiments ! were to be made with the planting of : a new variety of flax. By careful crossing and breeding a J new plant had been evolved which i promised much more prolifie yield j than the present native variety. ; It would, of course, he some time ! hefore the fiax was sufficiently es- \ tablish'ed to appreciahly aff ect the in- i dustry. Time for growth and riiulti- : plication was necessary, but th'e pros- i pects were encouraging. The initial plantings in this district ! were to be undertaken by the Native I Department in selected areas under I the supervision of Mr. H. Tai MitchelL i
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 304, 18 August 1932, Page 4
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151FLAX PLANTING Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 304, 18 August 1932, Page 4
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