Coffee at Buderim, c 1930. Bowen Independent 9 October 1930 Coffee Growing in Queensland. 196468595 ) Mr. Chas. Collins, , writes under date 2/10/33, enclosing the fol lowing letter: — Department of Agriculture and Stock, Brisbane, 29/9/33. Dear Mr. Collins, —I have to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 23rd instant, and to thank you for your suggestion regarding trials in coffee growing. The question of tropical, agriculture generally is now the subject of consideration, and in (the event of there being established a Bureau of Tropical Agriculture, attention will be given to
Coffee at Buderim, c 1930. Bowen Independent 9 October 1930 Coffee Growing in Queensland. 196468595 ) Mr. Chas. Collins, , writes under date 2/10/33, enclosing the fol lowing letter: — Department of Agriculture and Stock, Brisbane, 29/9/33. Dear Mr. Collins, —I have to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 23rd instant, and to thank you for your suggestion regarding trials in coffee growing. The question of tropical, agriculture generally is now the subject of consideration, and in (the event of there being established a Bureau of Tropical Agriculture, attention will be given to the possibilities of producing the various tropical crops in North Queensland, including coffee. We are aware of the work that has been done with coffee by Mr. Charles H. Waye of Proserpine, and by other persons in the State. A coffee plantation was established some years ago at Buderim Mountain by Mr. P. H. Board who later transferred his activities 'to New Guinea. I understand the plantation in question is now being carried on by another. Attempts at coffee growing were also made in the vicinity of Pialba. The quality of the coffee produced by Mr. Waye at Proserpine, also of the coffee from Buderim Mountain is known to the officers of my Department. In 1924 this Department was responsible for the despatch of an exhibit ,of Buderim coffee to the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, England, where it was highly commended. The principal difficulty associated with coffee production in is the competition of imported coffee grown under cheap black labour conditions, which mostly consists of an adulterated concoction of .three parts chickory and one part coffee. Before locally grown toffee could be popularised. It would be necessary to educate the consuming public into the merits of pure coffee and to induce the Federal Government to grant it a measure of protection. This Department co-operated a few years ago, with the Council of Agriculture in the preparation of matter for p
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