A remarkable machine, described as a turf aerator, is included in £lBOO worth of -mechanical plant lately acquired by tlie Hastings Borough Council for the maintenance of its parks. Believed to be the first of its kind in Now Zealand, the machine is towed behind a tractor at speeds up to eight miles an hour. It can pierce six acres of turf with 750.000 holes 2in to 4in deep in one hour. This improves drainage in wet weather by allowing surface wafer to escape. The process also admits air. moisture, and fertilisers to the soil and softens areas hardened by rolling.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 October 1939, Page 9
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