PLANTING SAND DUNES

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2187, 27 June 1914, Page 16

PLANTING SAND DUNES

■: A KORttt ISIiAJfD PROBLEM, Q'lia .planting o! eand-dusies was one of the stitij«ets raised ,hj ■ Mr. J. G. Wilson (e.liairma.n of tlid jioard -ef Agri' eiiliwe) at the inaaau-rsl tneeting of tlvat body. Ifo was a<Varo > Ua\\\ Ms <ivva personal obsei'i'atio.aj.tio s;ti(J a tiiat tho iiaiids BofWtmcjit vros'euly dal)-b-lilig in the inattor.' 'They have so 'tat," lie aaitl,. "spoilt a total of £50Q upan it, I believe It is » qtnostiaii of isntfrolit-so'' iniportaiiee, and I'ejumot gu into it lioir. 1 ©jfiJjr m«(Uon it fcecattse Sir. Massey h present, n«d probably Ik> wfiilld v.'isli |t te ewapy wif attcii* tjoii to ccmJicfitipn ft-jt!i forestry, IJj-. Ccehayiio,. ii.i his I'epoi't, states that 1 t))e.re are 360,000 acres of Eaij4-duues ill K'eiv Kes.taiKi,- Jiwiel) ef id.ueli .ijwy grow tafllsor instead of rcm-aming {xractioalty a useless Tvbstfr/' Tlie Prime Mifllster said that .he rett.iised tlm tevpprt.ajico- of dosling svilli saiui-cjirites, "Frofeatily.," he. eoirthtwsd, ' wi. are not. (kiifg cneugli, bvfc *rc are doing sttmctliiug by way β-f reclaiming tlioSe , waste area's, and , 1 8M ftlad to say" that ll.io wttiers Jj-ro now teivtiig their atMiitte (tmwn. to the. possHiiliiy Of jvejtog "smno e{ those areas tlt-pii selves. -Jvft't recently iko head of tbc Ijaitds Depart-imoiit eoiisu-Ked tiio officilaU/'o'n the' question of. Hiaking tlieso ) sajVrl af<SfJs «>raitilMo at !o«'PT prices f<j ■settlers tlijin ifay aro -at the pPesentmoment, oiv4 1 airi si-uite williife to Sβ it, bceauso'thei'o is flelliing to %o gaairrl j by aiimn-ng Sand:. eottfttry' , -to remain idle I if .there are Sdttlcrs wtfttagto take it nip. him! ferfaiii) it and turn ifc to useful account. ■ In fact, I would soaiiar rivo such land-to a settler vh.o was m'lTijiS to teclaim.it t-hftn ailew it wd remain iit its present state, now not only is it- waste area., lnrb'_it fa a xnen- . acio' to tlie people in tlic- vkfetity.; >So fa' as wela'iftai)tlo.is is. eonecnied., it has liaidly got bftyeud tins csper/imciitdl siagoi but M we can fadiieo eottlejs to take up tho Gountr;?, tlrat wfll bo el'cn n-oro valuable ttam any -worlc that is likely to bo Jofto by the Gm-erament."