Highlights

The Waite Agricultural Research Institute
1932 -The first B.AgSc Graduates

Later Strengths:
Agronomy (Donald – the addition of legumes to the dryland farming system, light in plant growth)

• Soil Science (Quirk – clays)
• Plant Breeding (Finlay – handling large numbers of lines and data there from)
• Root Pathology (Kerr – root knot nematode)
• Analytical Chemistry (Piper)

Main aspects of the era
Recognition of decline in natural resources
   > Soil conservation
Depression and hardship
   > World markets oversupplied
Economic support for agriculture