SHELTER PLANTING
GENERALLY INADEQUATE It is cortainlv something of a paradox that Now Zealand is situated in a windswept zone, and yet tho great bulk of her native trees arc not wind-hardv in their younger stages of growth Further, where our native bush ha* boon thinned by man, many of the older trees become wind burnt and die out. Surely this is an object lesson in itself to the Dominion farmer on the devastating effect of wind on plant crowth. It cannot bo stressed too often that shelter planting is of paramount importance on the vast majority of our farms On how many farms can we say that the shelter is adequate? On very few, 1 fancy, if a tour of inspection be made throughout the Waikato. Of course, the need for shelter is not so urgent, on hilly or undulating country, as it is on moderately flat or even sloping country. Tho ueed is there, nevertheless.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22509, 28 August 1936, Page 18
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157SHELTER PLANTING New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22509, 28 August 1936, Page 18
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