@article{Bell:22638,
      recid = {22638},
      author = {Bell, Harold F. and Cairns, W.H.},
      title = {NOTES ON THE A.M.P. SOCIETY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT SCHEME IN  SOUTH AUSTRALIA},
      journal = {Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics},
      address = {1958-12},
      number = {429-2016-29169},
      pages = {9},
      year = {1958},
      abstract = {Land development in the so-called "Ninety-Mile Desert"  area of South Australia can now be regarded as having  passed the experimental stage. This, of course, is not to  infer that the land brought into production by the A.M.P.  Society, or by others undertaking development in this  region, is insulated against all likely risks, nor that all  land in the area is suitable for and capable of  development. Like other components of the rural sector this  area can be expected to experience from time to time  climatic variations, stock and plant diseases, and product  price fluctuations which may materially affect its  well-being. But, subject to this reservation, it can fairly  be claimed that the A.M.P. Society's work has substantially  vindicated on a wide front the findings made in recent  years by scientists working on necessarily small-scale  experiments. In this transition from experiment to  accomplishment the main barriers which had long inhibited  the development of much of this area have been demolished  and this successful example is now being emulated  independently by many private individuals. 
The basic  features of the A.M.P. Society's Scheme have already been  described elsewhere and no useful purpose would be served  by going over these general data again here. However, there  are many other interesting questions, historical,  sociological, economic, etc., which are sure to occur to  the inquiring social scientist. This paper sets out in note  form some information on a selection of these questions.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/22638},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.22638},
}