SCHOOL FORESTRY.
! LOOKIKG TO THE I'LTLRE. : FL'XDS FBOM TIMBEE. I (By Telegraph.—Special to -Star.") I CHPJSTCHUECH, this day. Considerable interest h.°* been aroused ■ lin a forestry plan for city schools j I which is being sponsored by the Educa- j i lion Board. The proposal is that ea-ch city school should plant two acres each year, with a view to school fxmds j benefiting later from the returns of the I timber. Youns tre-e? are to be raised J from seeds in school gardens, and ' transferred, when old enough, to school j blocks, on a iaree reserve near the j sea coast. Efforts now are being made jto interest school committees in tne i j project. It is hoped eventually to ex-; tend the scheme to country school? • welL
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 208, 2 September 1926, Page 6
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