"NOTICE TO QUIT"
Sir,-A.M.R.’s_ article dramatically draws attention to the water-erosion problem but whether the stress on contour cultivation solves it is another matter. It might assist Nature provided the essential cycle of her inexorable laws was followed. Apart from the return of humus, the natural moistureholding qualities of soil ‘cannot be met. Put that ‘central jewel back and then decide whether the ornamental adornings are really necessary. If we go on taking millions of tons off the land, putting artificial substitutes in their place (many of them inhibitors of the synbiotic plant-bacteria life), and perpetuate the destruction of essential organic manures by¥ sea, sewage, and in--cinerator-then we can write "Notice to Quit" over the rich farm lands of New Zealand (particularly the cereal-crowing
areas).-
STANLEY S.
HAMILTON
B.Sc., B.D.S. (Auckland).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 291, 19 January 1945, Page 7
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131"NOTICE TO QUIT" New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 291, 19 January 1945, Page 7
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