AFFORESTATION
Not only would afforestation prevent the destruction of fertile soil, the denudation of hillsides, the decrease of the rainfall and the devastation so often caused by floods, but the systematic planting of timber trees would provide a source of public wealth of inestimable value to the country in time to come. The loss of valuable timber through fire is another serious question which ought to engage departmental attention, remarks the Auckland "Star," but the experience of other countries has shown that the task of prsserving our native trees is far less hopeful than the possibility of replacing them with forests grown under the control and for the benefit of the State.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9124, 25 June 1908, Page 4
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112AFFORESTATION Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9124, 25 June 1908, Page 4
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