Open AccessREHABILITATION OF DETERIORATED LAND IN THE WAIKATO
Author(s) -
Sarah Carolyn Smith
Publication year - 1938
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand grassland association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-4577
pISSN - 0369-3902
DOI - 10.33584/jnzg.1938.7.900
Subject(s) - rehabilitation , stock (firearms) , task (project management) , agroforestry , natural resource economics , business , agricultural economics , economics , geography , environmental science , medicine , physical therapy , management , archaeology
This is the most serious problem facing the whole of New Zealand, a much more difficult task than- the handling of virgin land, as practically all this class of country is heavily infested with weeds, particularly gorse? blackberry and ragwort, Ragwort is the worst since it is injurious to stock, This land is also nearly all broken country difficult and expensive to handle, all materials and labour being high in price and difficult to procure.