Dr. J. T. Auten, a silviculturist associated with the Branch of Research, United States Forest Service, found that the top inch of forest soil in a normal protected forest absorbs fortyseven times as much moisture as the top inch in a field. In New Zealand this top inch, owing to the greater water holding capacity ®f our forest floor, would in all probability hold much more moisture than in an American forest.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 31, 1 October 1933, Page 7
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72Untitled Forest and Bird, Issue 31, 1 October 1933, Page 7
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