Although farms in the New Territories remain 'pocket' size, the area of land under permanent vegetable cultiva- tion has increased to 7,822 acres in 1963 from 2,254 acres in 1954. This is mainly due to the change over from rice production to vegetables and the development of marginal land.
Farming specialists gave lectures to more than 500 farmers during the year.
Brown cattle and buffaloes are kept for working in the fields (below). The intensive production of vegetables, from trellis-growers (right) to root crops, takes place on both fertile and comparatively infertile land.
The Government run their own farms and experimental stations and the results of their research are passed on to farmers.
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