In the Bathurst district:, states an Aus. traliair exchange, excellent fruit cases aro being mrtdo .from tlio timber of the willows flint.abound along the banks of the Mncquarie.. " In other parts of- the world better use is mads of willow lo(js, which liavo iv spccial valuo for certain purposes, such, for" instance, as the blades of cricket-bats. . The - wood is light, does not split in hailing, aiid has a'spring that enables-the case-'to. be a little" ovei'-fillcd. Mr. Wl'J. Allen,' State fruit says that if tlio willow were used only, for the tops ami bottoms of cases,-"for- .whicli it'was specially- valuable, cheaper timbers' would be just as .serviceable for the ends and sides. . Considering the -proved fodder valu.e of (ho foliage in.drought time, ho considers that greater. attention might he paid.to the ! growing .of. willows'.along all'watercourses in-the cooler districts.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 229, 21 June 1919, Page 2
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