TO FIGHT THE SAND DRIFFS.
DEFINITE PLAN. (By,, Association.) ,- : ' Wanganui, February 6. . .-'Af-letter written -by- a ! welUkno-vfn local fton- of horticulturists to' "the Harbour Biard'. ionld: ,be' l 'iof interest to all dwellers, farmers, and 1 landbivners along . ti&.'/sea''t>cpaßt,''. > -'in -sandy axeasV .'-The; ;'"ffTiler3," -"who ' iiave . had . ,a 'large experimenting with Mhe-triees.'best { ea.lt*' sfir'ay; •'ctttihg' by-, flymg- sand;* and fthe-'threshingteilect- of: heavy gales, :• re)commend, as a first ; step; tho planting oi * aU./irift', sand areas with'marram grass. This .should' -.b»; ! 'followed .-.by planting wind:brealcs: composed of'.suiicessive lines. ■ parallel.,with^-Vthe';'sea ,and,, a -yard ; or. two-apart. Nearestto 'tho sea-, the" windbreaks -should'be 'toitoi, thfln' ; ailine of • flax, taupata,. Chathn.m r -Island' ' akeako ■ (olearia traversii), tararix, gallica. : In; two', years.' this sh<iul(l : '.an' admirable; . shelter.'for, planting pihiis .confortaV ■ and. : \piftus' austriaca, while pimis:'muricata: is ■/also. rcOTmmended ,as. a;good hardy tree. . IThe. writeis, state, that,'- in. their, lengthy '«xpcrience, they' Kayo.';found., the above 'varieties , and method- of planting- tho ' best' andj tlieir much, in-, . -to.'people on tills coast; where it ~ is.' a very difficult "matter .to' get . trees to. , grow anyivhere near the sea.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 736, 8 February 1910, Page 8
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178TO FIGHT THE SAND DRIFFS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 736, 8 February 1910, Page 8
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