To Study Forestry Methods

Hokitika Guardian, 13 February 1923, Page 1

To Study Forestry Methods

VISIT OF AUSTRALIAN EXPERT. • I am much interested in your methods, and have learnt a great deal through the courtesy ol the officers ol I our 'Forestry Department." said Sir William Sowden. who has just finished a tour of both islands as a delegate „f the South Australian !• orest r.v Department. ui an interview at Wellington. "Your system is mmo advanced than ours, ymn IV.rhanu utart vote is larger, and volt have an advantage in the matter 'if control. Our rainfall varies more than yours. One thing in which you lead un i> iesearcli into the use of by-products, in , |,i,.|, Mr Fntrii an, your forestry engineer, seems to he doing veil goin

In regard to reall'orestation out Mr 11. H. Corbin has introduced tlm svstoni of broadcasting seeds on burned land with success. Hie felled land is ho rued and scar diced by tnoans of stone jumping ploughs, which pass the stumps. A dozen varieties ot seeds of eucalyptus and suitable pines i niims insignis does not answer kindly to this treat Incut 1 are then broadcasted. Tn our districts the rnintall varies verv nnicli, and in some is very scanty. The mixed seeds _ germinate proportionately to the suitability o the trees for dry or moist habitats, and a number of years is saved m experimentation. . . ‘We should give our stnngybark ■ distinctive name, instead of calling t Australian oak. It has proved as good as oak for furniture-making, even English oak being no better.”