FELLING TREES BY ELECTRICITY.
Successful experiments have been made from time to time in various forests of France in cutting trees by means of electricity. A platinum wire is made white-hot by an electric current and used like a saw. In this manner the tree is felled much easier and quicker than in the old way! No sawdust is produced, and the slight charring caused by the wire acts as a preservative of the wood, and prevents the decay at the ends which so often takes place after felling.
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 23 June 1915, Page 7
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89FELLING TREES BY ELECTRICITY. Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 23 June 1915, Page 7
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