GUM TREES FOR SHELTER.
Mr. J. '!Er Barrett, the 1 ,, Government nur- : gerynian, at Waerenga, is the!; author jjf an .; illustrated- bulletin" just, issued by 'the i)epartment on' 1 ? Shelter Planting;''', with ; special reference to the acacia and eucalyptus ,fami- ; ; lies-and their raising.. . When; the; blight: swept : ; over; the Southern ■> districts,.; and made , gum trees a thing to be'-avoided, iiiursorymon,- it is said,; stopped propagating' gums to any extent-, and the supplies ..of .young trees aro now scarce; The blight' has now x been conquered by tho ladybird recently described in 'I'iib Dominion,-and the bulletin now issued tells , farmers how -.to; raise their; own '.trees : from seed.j' Gum trees aro valuable for shel-; : ter and for general; farm timber.' ' Timber may bo scarce some day. , . , \
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 154, 24 March 1908, Page 3
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125GUM TREES FOR SHELTER. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 154, 24 March 1908, Page 3
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