FIFTY years ago the Wither Hills, a mile or so south of Blenheim, were covered with heavy waving tussock, so dense and vigorous that the growth reached to the horses’ bellies. Today a large part of them is in a state of advanced erosion. How did it all happen? "It happened," says D. R. Wylie, in a talk to be heard in the 2YA Farm Session on Monday, March 16, "as the result of bad farming." As soil conservator for the northern part of the South Island, Mr. Wylie is in charge of the work of the Soil Conservation Council at Wither Hills Reserve, and in this talk he describes the conservation practices which have brought this area back into production. What has been done on this reserve, the says, can be done by any farmer on similar land, for the whole process has been shown to be a financial success. Mr. Wylie’s talk will be heard later from South Island stations. The picture above shows the Wither Hills Soil Conservation Reserve.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 713, 13 March 1953, Page 16
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172FIFTY years ago the Wither Hills, a mile or so south of Blenheim, were covered with heavy waving tussock, so dense and vigorous that the growth reached to the horses’ bellies. Today a large part of them is in a state of advanced erosion. How did it all happen? "It happened," says D. R. Wylie, in a talk to be heard in the 2YA Farm Session on Monday, March 16, "as the result of bad farming." As soil conservator for the northern part of the South Island, Mr. Wylie is in charge of the work of the Soil Conservation Council at Wither Hills Reserve, and in this talk he describes the conservation practices which have brought this area back into production. What has been done on this reserve, the says, can be done by any farmer on similar land, for the whole process has been shown to be a financial success. Mr. Wylie’s talk will be heard later from South Island stations. The picture above shows the Wither Hills Soil Conservation Reserve. New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 713, 13 March 1953, Page 16
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