In an article on "Aerial Farming" the "Quarterly Survey" of the Australia and New Zealand Bank Limited states that "Aircraft have become the instruments of one of those lesser-known revolutions assisting rural industry's progress in recent years. They are making a special contribution to the present drive to expand primary production, particularly in New Zealand, but also to some extent in Australia."

After describing the use of aircraft in spreading fertiliser, sowing seed for pasture and cropping, pest control, weed control and laying of baits, the "Survey" points out the "While small aircraft are suitable for small-scale operations where manoeuvrability around trees and hillsides is essential and small landing stripes and small paddocks are the rule, they are less suitable for large-scale work at some distance from the airstrips or from the source of materials."

The article concludes that "The aircraft's efficacy in saving valuable crops from pest invasions is undoubted. Furthermore, the gradual increase in the number of adjacent properties to be treated, establishment of better airstrips and use of larger aircraft, together with improvement of transport and loading arrangements, may be expected to reduce the costs of seeding and fertiliser spreading, in 'easy' country as well as in hill country."

Description source: Queensland Country Life, 9 October 1952

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