Wheat Growing in Australia
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Wheat Growing in Australia is issued under the authority of the Minister of State for External Affairs, Melbourne, Australia, 1915. The text says that railways have been built out into new districts and that wheatfields have taken the place of sheep paddocks. The text says that many of the successful wheatgrowers, indeed most of them, started with little or no capital in cash, but with plenty of energy and willingness to work.
In some districts water is obtained by sinking shallow wells, and in parts of the wheat country sub-artesian wells are also common, good water being obtained by boring 200 to 300 ft. In the season ploughing usually starts at 7.30 a.m. and goes on until 5.30 p.m., with a break of a couple of hours during the day for dinner, where labour is employed. Farmers' unions and associations are described as powerful bodies in Australia, exercising both an educational and political influence.
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