Fiji's Soil Survey
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Is Making Progress
MORE than 60 types of soil are described in a provisional re port on Viti Levu released by the Soil Bureau of the New Zea land Scientific and Industrial Re search Department.
The report was made by Mr. J. P.
Fox, who, as a result of an agree ment between the Fiji and NZ Gov ernments, carried out a preliminary survey as one of Fiji’s development projects.
Surveys are now being made of Vanua Levu and Taveuni.
The Fiji Agriculture Department will try to group .some of Vlti Levu’s soil-types into categories of soils which can best be used for the same purpose, such as forestry or the growing of specific crops.
The problem then will be to dis cover what the soils in the various categories need in fertilisers and management to produce good crops and to maintain their fertility in
definitely.
The provisional report, certain detail which are to be checked wjth farmers and with field officers
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jftrtmentsSHp Native Lands Trust ® oar £<d&yHP e CSR Co., discusses of many Viti Levu soils. /-qaT stresses the damage ■ re 2Sflr“ e by bad farmin S-