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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22326, 28 July 1934, Page 15

During April' 230 special trains were run from Cornwall to all parts of Britain, including London, Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, and Glasgow, carrying over 16,000 tons of broccoli grown in the Pemsance district. The kindly climate of Cornwall beat the drought experienced in most other parts of the country by providing harassed housewives with no fewer than 18,000,000 head of broccoli in a month. As many as 13 special trains were despatched in one day when over half a million head of broccoli was picked, packed in crates, and conveyed at express speed to the markets. In spite of last year’s drought in Britain, the Forestry Commissioners were able to plant 52 million more trees last year, adding 10,000 acres of woodland to the country’- natural beauty. The commissioners are appointed under the Forestry A't of 1919, and recently issued their fourteenth annual report. They are responsible for the development of afforestation and for the production of timber, and already they have planted nearly 233,000 acres, most of the trees being pines and firs. In addition to their own woodlands, they make grants to private owners and municipalities, and last year 4500 acres were planted by the aid of their grants.