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The Wheat Districts of New South Wales. 

 The districts of New South Wales in which wheat is grown may, for 

 convenience and for purposes of easy identification, be classified briefly as 

 follows : — 



1. Coastal (embracing those districts bordering on the coast, and which 



are specially subject to rust). 



2. Northern Tableland (of which Glen Innes is representative). 



3. Central Tableland (of which Bnthursl is representative). 



■1. South-western Slopes and Riverina (of which Wagga is represen- 

 tative). 



5. Central-western Slopes (of which Narrominc, Dubbo, Gilgandra, 

 Wellington, Cowra, Grenfell, Forbes, and Parkes are representati\ e 



Progressive Methods in the Wagga District. 



G. North-western Slopes (of which Tamworth and Gunnedah are repre- 

 sentative). 

 7. Black Soil Plains (6f which Coonamble is representative). 

 s . Western Plains (of which Nyngan is representative). 

 The soils in these districts vary considerably from both mechanical and 

 chemical points of view; it would be quite impossible here to make any 

 ttttem.pt at classification, and it is sufficient to state that they are usually of 

 either basaltic or granitic origin, the granite formation prevailing. 



Grey and yellow box, pine, apple-tree, kurrajong, belar and she-oak are the 

 timbers most commonly met with in those western districts where grain 

 production is largest, and it is these which land-seekers usually look for in 

 selecting their prospective homes. Yet timber alone does not determine the 

 suitability or otherwise of land for wheat-growing, and many other aspects, 

 such as subsoil, rainfall, &c, have to be taken into consideration. Reference 

 to these will be made further on. 



The purposes for which wheat is grown differ a good deal in different parts 

 of the State. The- moist, humid conditions on the coast preclude the 

 production of grain, except in small areas and in favoured localities, and of 

 the area there devoted to this cereal ever half is cut for hay, and quite 



