A Letter To The Editor ing areas here in Queensland. Two weeks ago, I went 300 miles north to Bilocla (a town of 3800 people) which was one of the most fertile areas I have ever heard of. They raise lots of lu „ cerne (alfalfa) ana get at least 20 Glendower St. . Toowoomba 4350 [*. ne n ® s a T£ e ou ** A... ^ on= tings average a ton to the acre Queensland, Australia and they apply fertnizer (Ed. Note: Some time ago, we published a letter to the editor from Amos Hively who formerly lived at Quarryville and has since moved to Aus* trails. At that time, we invit ed him to write again.) Since my last letter we have One man told me they tried us moved (shifted, as they call it ,n § fertilizer and saw absolutely here) from Brisbane to Too- response The protein con woomba. It is a city of 56,000 tent of the lucerne runs about people, located on a plateau of percent. The Valley is 40 2000 feet elevation which keeps m “ es *°ng and several miles it fairly cool during the summer. Wll j e they irrigate from Of course, the winters will be we “ s 60 feet deep. It slightly cooler than lower eleva- ‘“Lklack ®vel soil and runs about tions, but since it rarely ever * ee t ee P* 1 was told. The gets to freezing, I do not think non-irngated land in this area we will mind too much. sells for $lOO per acre. Hade me wish I was a younger My wo v k is quite interesting man. They have only been farm and affords me a good opportun- ing in this area about 30 to 40 ity to travel to many good farm- years. Before that it was a huge Political Advertisement THE FARM PROBLEM: YOU GAN HELP EASE IT. Last year the American Farmer lost almost two bil lion dollars. Over one hun dred thousand farms closed down. How can you help stop this trend? Elect Richard Nixon President. Here are some of the things he wants to do: 1. Appoint a Secretary of Agriculture who will ex plain the farmers' prob lems to the President, in stead of the Secretary explaining the President’s policies to the farmer, as Is now the case. 2. Increase exports of American agricultural products, which are a prin cipal factor in our trade surplus. 3. Establish a special task force to develop and Implement a program to increase dairy products. 4. Increase the research effort by the Department of Agriculture to find bet ter and more diverse ways to utilize our enormous volume of farm produce. Authonzed and paid for by Republican Committee of Lancaster County, K L Shirk, Jr., Chairman George C. B oilman, Treasurer cattle station, They also raise SO bu. per acre wheat without fer tilizer. They are Just starting to get ready for liarvest. In talking with a fuel distrib utor the other day. he told me of one man that has 9000 acres oi wheat. He has fuel tanks all over his property to service the machinery and some of his fuel tanks are as much as 14 miles apart. Another of his customers has 7000 head of cattle. For the next month my work will be largely calling on grow ers to raise soybeans for our company. The new crop will be planted in November -and De cember and should be harvested in April and May. It is quite a new crop here but there is much interest in raising them and I feel sure in a few years Aus tralia will no longer be import ing soybeans as it is now. There does not seem to be a big acreage of corn raised here, but I am told it is on the in crease. Wheat is the biggest grain crop, followed by barley THIS TIME. VOTE LIKE YOUR WHOLE WORLD DEFENDED ON IT Lanwter Farming, Saturday. November 2.1968 and then oata. They do raise did receive a letter from tome milo (sorghum) and some flax, friends in Lancaster County, so In certain areas cotton is a big hope this letter might accomp crop also. One man that came lish the same results. It is sure here from California about two going to seem strange to have years ago will have DOO acres of Christmas in the middle of sum cotton this year. Cotton is also a mor but we are finding some new crop here in Australia but lovely Christian friends here production has already reached and that helps, the point of supplying domestic needs. There are some citrus orchards, but not to any extent which you would find in Florida or California. fine platonic friendship as the After my last letter was pub- interval between the separation lished in Lancaster Farming, I and divorce. Kindest regards, Amos Hively The future dictionary will de- 27
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