PLANTING UP=TO=DATE
OPERATIONS FROM THE AIR. Experiments completed under the direction of Professor Wilson, of the University of Nevada. U.S.A., have convinced him that, the aeroplane may prove to be the chief factor in the replanting of vast denuded areas. Many agricultural research experts, he says, have suggested replanting from the air of vast sage-brush areas in the western United States for conservation purposes. It -is now believed thousands of acres of range land, denuded by extensive cattle and sheep grazing, may be salvaged by reseeding in this manner. The advantage of the aeroplane over the tractor for seeding lies not only in speed, but adaptability and thoroughness. The 'plane can fly over mountain range land that the tractor cannot reach. A single trip of a plane across a field sows a much wider strip than does a tractor. Farmers, it is said, find seeding by air is cheaper than existing methods.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 May 1940, Page 9
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