1 Covering -a . rod with . growinggrass might seem fantastio to most persons, hut Loui? Ivoefoed, an architect of Rockaway, N.V., has found it practical as well as decorative. Since he applied a roofing of sod over tar paper to hie dwelling last fall he has •experienced a welcome decline in. his cool consumption. Moreover, he expects the heat-insulating, covering to •keep his homo .twenty degrees cooler next summer. Pipes along the peak of The roof spray the- growing grass with water and keep the “kwh” roof •gr<ym. •'
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11841, 24 January 1933, Page 3
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