Story: Government and agriculture
The Journal of Agriculture was published by the Department of Agriculture to educate farmers. The contents of the first issue illustrates the diversity of farming at the time – it included articles on the organisation and scope of the department, a criticism of tussock burning, a description of the poor condition of tussock grasslands in parts of the South Island, and an analysis of the British market and current product prices.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
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