Norm Houghton (pioneer irrigator) [SEP] date of death
Norm Houghton (pioneer irrigator)
Norm Houghton (pioneer irrigator) (died 2014), was a rice farmer in Leeton, New South Wales, who pioneered the irrigation rice growing in the district.
At the age of 15 Houghton took over running the family farm while his brother was in the army and his father was too sick to work. In response to government needs for rice to feed the troops, local growers, including teenagers such as Houghton, pioneered special varieties that were suited to districts where previously vegetable
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Publication history.
- 1989, US, Houghton Mifflin, , Pub date Aug 1989, Hardback
- 1989, UK, Hutchinson, , Pub date Sep 1989, Hardback
- 1990, UK, Vintage, , Pub date 20 Sep 1990, Paperback
- 1991, US, Avon, , Pub date Feb 1991