Chapter 1
I Groping In A Strange Environment: 1788-1851
II Farmers Take The Initiative: 1851-1888
III Enter Education And Science: 1888-1927
i Colleges of agriculture
ii State Departments of Agriculture
iii University faculties of agriculture and veterinary science
iv Community support for agricultural research
IV Agricultural Science Pays Dividends: 1927-1987
V Examples Of Research And Development 1928-1988
VI International Aspects Of Agricultural Research
VII Future Prospects
VIII Acknowledgements
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Colleges of agriculture (continued)
The staff originally appointed to newly formed agricultural colleges, many of them from the UK, soon demonstrated the value of new wheat varieties, the benefits of regular fertilizer applications (particularly superphosphate), the use of rotations and fallows, and the role of new machines and equipment. At the same time the Departments of Agriculture, which were then being formed in each colony with inspectorial and advisory functions, gradually expanded their research activities and increasingly sought by demonstration and education to encourage farmers to adopt improved systems of husbandry and land use.
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