THE NEW FORESTRY.
TO THE EDITOR. Sin,--What 1 have been afraid of for some time—the presence of disease amongst our imported forest trees—is now developing fast in South Otago. Spruce, both Norway a.nd Canadian, Douglas pine, and other trees are dying in many places, some of them on Government property. Other pines are affected with the disease, presumably caterpillar. The Forestry Department has, as far as I oan see, taken no steps to have diseased trees treated. Experts consider that. it. is the almost total extinction of birds by stoats and weasels that has caused the trouble. Tho vermin climb the trees and destroy birds and their eggs. The bush in New Zealand once swarmed with wild birds, and now they are few and far between. In England oaks and other forest trees arc dying wholesale owing to the ravages of caterpillars. Who can point out a remedy and prevent destruction of our new forests? —I a.— , etc., W. Quin. Tapanui.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19013, 8 November 1923, Page 11
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