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BARMERA, SA 1944-05-16. NO. 9 GARDENS, LOVEDAY INTERNMENT GROUP. BEFORE THE WAR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SUPPLIED ALMOST ALL OF AUSTRALIA'S VEGETABLE SEED REQUIREMENTS BUT THEIR EXPORT CEASED IN 1942. AS PART OF A NATIONAL PROGRAM TO MEET THE THREAT OF A SHORTAGE A LARGE AREA WAS SET ASIDE AT LOVEDAY FOR A FARM AND TO DATE MORE THAN 46,000 POUNDS WEIGHT OF MAINLY TOMATO, BEAN, BEETROOT, LETTUCE AND CABBAGE SEED HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMONWEALTH SEED COMMITTEE FOR DISTRIBUTION. A SECTION OF A FOUR ACRE PLOT OF CAULIFLOWERS SOWN IN 1944-01. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT H. K. CULLEN)
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Hedley Keith Cullen
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Colour: Black & white
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Copyright expired - public domain
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