DRY-LAND AGRICULTURE
IMPORTANT RESEARCH WORK EXPERT IN AUSTRALIA (United P.A. —By Telegraph — Copyright) Reed. noon. FREMANTLE, To-day. Sir E. J. Russell, director of the renowned Southampton Experimental Station at Hertfordshire, arrived by the Cathay. He said dry-land agriculture was the chief concern of those engaged in research work, which affected all parts of the Empire. Wheat was one of the best crops for planting on dry r land anywhere. Jewish colonists in Palestine were now making steady progress by scientific methods. It was astonishing how successful they had been with citrus fruits and bananas on dry but irrigated land, while they were producing wheat and dairy produce on unirrigated land.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 361, 23 May 1928, Page 9
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