Shelter for the Farm
niSCUSSING shelter for the farm, U the Advisory Committee on Tree Planting for North Canterbury in its latest, leaflet states: —
“Macroearpa is the best all-round farmer’s tree. Quick shelter on wet land is obtained by willow and poplar posts planted deeply and well rammed. Bobinia or thorny acacia is one of tho best post trees that can be grown. Plant euealypts in Septem,l)Cr'. BoxthOrn makes the best stockresisting fence. Visualise tile ultimate size of a tree before planting near buildings. . Pimis radiata is not tho only tree —consider others.- The shelter Value of trees cannot be overestimated for man, crops, and animals. The provision of timber for present and future needs is urgent. Feed tor stock in periods of drought can be obtained to some extent from willows, poplars, Douglas fir, and pinus radiata. The aesthetic value of trees in landscape improvement is of definite importance. There is nothing like wood and nothing has so many If you cut what your father planted plant some more for your son.”
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18191, 12 September 1933, Page 4
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