APPENDIX II 

 Two Extracts from Australian Papers 



Wheat-Growing in Queensland 



(From the Brisbane Courier^ 



" A GREAT increase has within the last few months 

 " taken place in the area cultivated in Queensland 

 " for wheat. It is too early in Queensland to ex- 

 "pect to concrete an estimate, as the season for 

 " planting is somewhat later there than across the 

 " border, and it has not ended yet. But that the 

 " area will be greatly augmented is now certain. 

 " Shortly after the outbreak of the war an arrange- 

 " ment was inaugurated by the Agricultural Depart- 

 " ment, under which a farmer might be advanced a 

 " sum up to ^ I for every acre cultivated for wheat, 

 "and which had not grown the same crop during 

 "the previous year. A further concession made 

 "was the advance of seed wheat to any farmer, 

 " whether he had grown wheat on his land during 

 " 1914 or not. Interest is charged at the rate of 

 " 5 per cent., and the money is repayable on De- 

 "cember 31st, 1915. Already 47,214 bushels of 



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