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UNDER the powers given by the Agricultural Pests Act, 1911, a reserve comprising the Riet River Settlement and all land within ten miles of it1 has been set aside for growing virus-free potatoes. The Settlement is one of the newer irrigation projects in the Union. It is now being farmed by the State in preparation for the return of men from the armed forces who will occupy it after the War; and it was partly to provide them with a new and profitable industry that the reserve was created.
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VAN DER PLANK, J., WASSERMAN, W. Mass Production of Virus-free Potatoes. Nature 155, 794–795 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155794a0
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