Islands

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Pacific

Monthly

March, 1953

Vol. Xxiii. No. 8.

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Transforming The Cook Islands Orange Industry

THE citrus industry of the Cook Islands, which supplies New Zealand with oranges, is being extended and reorganised in accordance with modern methods; and, under the direction of Mr. Maurice Baker, head of the Cook Is. Department of Agriculture, the plantations are undergoing a tremendous “face-lift.” This photograph shows a busy scene in a Rarotongan valley, where cultivation, spraying, etc are carried on by trained men.