The Moon and Seed Planting.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 May 1939, Page 4

The Moon and Seed Planting.

The effect of the moon on newly planted seeds was referred to by Mr J. A. McPherson, director of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens, in an address to the Sumner Beautifying Association. “It is not all moonshine to plant, seeds according to the phases of the moon,” he said. From experiments conducted in the city it appeared that seed sown just before full moon gave 33 per cent better strike. A German scientist had been experimenting for years on these lines with marvellous results. Native Bird Life.

Not only are native pigeons increasing in number in the Catlins and Waikawa districts and Waipori Gorge, where they are very numerous, but they are also to be seen in the suburbs of Dunedin., This information is contained in a report by Ranger McLeod to the Otago Acclimatisation Society. Bellbirds and Oils are reported to be very plentiful in an push districts; pied fantails and black fantails are on the increase, and so are tomtits. Parakeets and kakas are not quite so plentiful, but in parts of Catlins. such as the Tahakopa and Wyndham districts, a number have been seen. The bush canary is to be seen in some parts of the Catlins bush. The birds that haunt lagoons and estuaries, such as dotterel, stilts, and oyster catchers, are very numerous, and there are also a number of bittern and blue heron:.