" What struck me most in Franco nnd Switzerland," said Mr. J. W. Bridge, who returned from tho Old World yesterday, " was the intense cultivation practised everywhere. They don't seem to waste a yard of ground anywhere, and eve ntho trees planted for shade are fruit or nut-bearing trees. Thero aro a great many nut-bcaring trees everywhere, and nuts appeared to mo to have a distinct plac'o in the diet of tho peasantry. 'It would be a very good tiling if New Zealand planted nut-bear-injt trees instead of the useless fir trees, which take all tho goodness out of tho ground. Besides being nutritions, nuts aro a fine preservative for tho teeth. They demand proper mastiVcation—no one 'bolts' a nut—and the oil they I contain is a very good antiseptic."
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 44, 15 November 1907, Page 5
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129Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 44, 15 November 1907, Page 5
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