TREES AS A “ CROP.”
A comparison of .trees as a “crop'’ with recognised agricultural crops was made by Mr D. A. Campbell, a forestry instructor in Napier, speaking at the conference of local bodies called by the Canterbury League to consider proposals for afforestation in Canterbury. Mr Campbell estimated the gross earning capacity of trees on certain classes of land at from £ls to £2O an a cto. Making deductions for milling and marketing, this let a net fi*qm £3 to £o an acre. * his is a reasonable expectation tor trees planted in Canterbury,” he said, ‘'‘and it compares more than favourably with other crops.”
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13359, 12 September 1936, Page 7
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105TREES AS A “ CROP.” Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13359, 12 September 1936, Page 7
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