Fertiliser wastage at the Forest Service Nursery, Rotorua, prompted a ranger with the service to invent a special machine that would spread the fertiliser among the pine seedlings, but cut down on the waste. The results of Mr Harry Gielen’s inventiveness are shown as the new spreader, attached to a basic unit used for seed bed forming and root priming, is seen in operation.
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Press, 29 September 1979, Page 23
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64Fertiliser wastage at the Forest Service Nursery, Rotorua, prompted a ranger with the service to invent a special machine that would spread the fertiliser among the pine seedlings, but cut down on the waste. The results of Mr Harry Gielen’s inventiveness are shown as the new spreader, attached to a basic unit used for seed bed forming and root priming, is seen in operation. Press, 29 September 1979, Page 23
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