Farm1 wrote:

The Syney basin IS important for agriculture (one of my Grandfathers
was a market gardener at Botany so I DO know of the importance of this
area).

what name?
I suspect my direct lot had moved to Leeton, and were heading to Matcham
by then



Those stereotypically slow to accept change country people you think
so little of, first noticed such issues as salinity about a century
ago and they noticed dryland salinity in the mid 1920s.

The real problem for farmers were the various dept of agriculture which
advised governments of the day and compelled some farmers to grow
certain crops in bad area.

"Terryc" wrote in message
Farm1 wrote:

The Syney basin IS important for agriculture (one of my
Grandfathers
was a market gardener at Botany so I DO know of the importance of
this
area).

what name?

William (Bill) Mortimer aka "The Cabbage King".

I suspect my direct lot had moved to Leeton, and were heading to
Matcham
by then

Those stereotypically slow to accept change country people you
think
so little of, first noticed such issues as salinity about a
century
ago and they noticed dryland salinity in the mid 1920s.

The real problem for farmers were the various dept of agriculture
which
advised governments of the day and compelled some farmers to grow
certain crops in bad area.

And bad advice from Govt agencies and Consultants about high stocking
rates and increasing production by flogging the land was still going
on well into the 80s. Sad.

Farm1 wrote:



William (Bill) Mortimer aka "The Cabbage King".

Umm, must be more than your Grandfather if it is the one that built the
Cabbage Hotel whch was after the time of Simeon Lord. well, that is the
only cabbage king that i know of.

"Terryc" wrote in message
Farm1 wrote:

William (Bill) Mortimer aka "The Cabbage King".

Umm, must be more than your Grandfather if it is the one that built
the
Cabbage Hotel whch was after the time of Simeon Lord. well, that is
the
only cabbage king that i know of.

He had nothing to do with any hotel. He was known as the Cabbage King
because he planted so many cabbages by hand each year. This was in
the days before tractors but with horse and plough.