TUNG OIL YIELD
NORTHLAND I TREES WORTH £2OO A TON (Per Press Assnciolion.) WHANGAREI. this day. What is claimed to be the first tung oil extracted in a British Dominion was recorded at the factory near K'aikohe yesterday. Nine hundred acres of trees were planted seven years ago. Now there are over 3000 acres with approximately 250,000 tung trees. It is expected to export two tons this year. Tung oil is worth £2OO a ton.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20103, 24 November 1939, Page 11
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75TUNG OIL YIELD Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20103, 24 November 1939, Page 11
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