FORESTRY

Hokitika Guardian, 3 February 1923, Page 4

FORESTRY

on' LOOK ON \YKST COAST

Dl NiIDIN. dan. 00. I’oeently tlie l ity’s oflieial specialist in liortictiHtire and Forestry—-.Ur Dm nod;—has been on a visit to the Vi'est f „ast and Nelson, and availed himsel ol the opportunities tints given tu examine tin- forests of those districts. Interviewed by the "Star. -Ur fan nock said that so lar as the natc.c 1- tests ol the West Const v.civ concerned tlu-in-juvenal inn in hi.-- opinion seei i ed a hopeless task. Twelve years ag. he inspected the sunn- di-tru-t ami -odav he found little or no progicss in so lar as the development or tire u-' fid timbers was eoneerne-l. t ndergrowili tuts prolific and thai ua> at,. Fxotie trees grew much faster ajul were hardier anil consequently wen- a VC-I-V jiavahle proposition compare’., uiti. the n lives. The latter were slow growing, ami, what was as had. did not tend to rejuvenate themselves to an extent that shewed promise. AH ilic exotics grew well in New Zealand-| and rejuvenated tliemselve.' readily and rapidlv. Tlte West toast —at h-iisi a great (lea! of iL— should be cleared, stumped, and drained and turned into dairy larms. It "Us most snitahle for dairying, as Iced would hi luscious and pientilui all the yenr round. Of eulirse much of the native timber could remain in such places aii 1 1 -..'Vs, catchment areas, and steep hillsides, hut other areas should be loured and devoted to the dairying mdlistvv. .Mr Tannock said the need ol 'he hour was a school for the trail ing «d practical foresters. In regard to the controversey as to the location ol the