The papers that follow in this symposium will present, details of soil and pasture improvement in several nearby regiotis. The part given to me is to offer a general, background to our pasture improvement philosophy and to compare this with other countries,. Even the most casual study of our economy will shoiv.how gieat has been the contribution of pasture to our high living standards. I think, too, that no one here will deny that improved pastures and animal and crop husbandry will continue to

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... be our best basic national aim. Indeed if continued and extended widely enough, good farming in New Zealand may even be strong enough to carry the great weight of protected secondary industry and our other social services.