The Dominion SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1932. THE NATION’S TREES

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 267, 6 August 1932, Page 10

The Dominion SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1932. THE NATION’S TREES

It is well for the future j of ■ . f and Zealand Forestry League is still functio g in severe zeal. There is always a danger in bad though necessaiy State economy bs, thJ *i nce o f afforestation effort in educating many be lost sight of , and the actu I multiplied, and Theurer to which amber can ta put tare Men m Britisb the strain on the world s resourc , , y o | der countries, wise in fhT^emVn'Tn« Im ,he co " n,ry “ “ the forest, and for reasons, wholly economic. wing economic Apart from the factt i . Qn to S uchlng the people importance, the welfare of the tree ?. against floods, droughts s'wSrT^& T tt„uded is either too much water or not enough, .. oLasned bv electric power comThe significance of thls h^ s .^“^Sf t hat irregular supplies of panies in the United-States. T ey directly affecting the water, due to the clearing of the forest w«e a y re . economy of their enterprises. . T XJ e eni9l2and 1930 the programme. is to be continued indefinitely, ■ this activity are instructive and impressive. The has become cognisant. The wholesale denudation of the New Ztaiand KSs four earlier, years of coloration serious y the native bird life. Just as rather late in the day the errors ot inoi § exposed the country to the menace of insect pests, ? h Vr™ests industries in heavy losses Only by the con and the replanting of the denuded areas will it be possible to reaaju-r the eauilibrium of Nature and cope effectively with these pests. In the present state of this country’s finances it is not possible to maintain the former rate of, expenditure on SitFes tree-planting. At the same time there is ample scope for activities oTttapartof private individuals. It is to ™ effort that the Forestry League now appeals. Thanks to its P re y°u. Sorts 2J the educational fiefd there is now a -- trees, and it is Upon this sentiment that the ideals of the forester otig to be fostered and stimulated. '