wheatgrowing

In Victoria, wheatgrowing can increase fivefold before the whole of the suitable land is brought under the plough.

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One of the most prominent and, in a sense, unique features of wheatgrowing in Australia is the share-farming system.

Wheat Growing in Australia Australia. Dept. of External Affairs

Australia, within the last decade, wheatgrowing has advanced rapidly.

Wheat Growing in Australia Australia. Dept. of External Affairs

In addition, wheatgrowing is now carried on in districts where the conditions are seldom favourable to rust, which is only liable to cause serious loss when there is hot, moist weather late in the spring.

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So the districts that have heavy summer rains are largely unsuitable for wheatgrowing, but those in which the rains fall during the autumn, winter, and spring, and have dry summers, are most suitable.

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This averaged rainfall is considered sufficient for wheatgrowing, and safer than a heavier rainfall.

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The vegetation is reckoned a sound guide to the quality of the soil for wheatgrowing; indeed, this same principle can be accepted in all parts of the wheat belt.

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The new settler has his path made easy by the attention the Governments of the different States are giving to wheatgrowing.

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Prior to the introduction into the wheatgrowing areas of his crossbred wheats, growers depended mostly upon Purple Straw varieties.

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For a long period this land was deemed unfit for wheatgrowing on account mainly of the low rainfall, and, away from the River Murray, absence of water supply.

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