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Grass displaces scabweed in central Otago

New Zealand, 1957
film

Land ruined by rabbits and overgrazing is restored (after the defeat of the rabbit pest) by sown tufted grass. Main purpose of the film is to show types of gr..

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Green horizons

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Rabbit destruction conserves the soil

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Soil conservation for the Snowy Mountains Scheme

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Better seeds for better grasslands

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War against the rabbit

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No other wealth

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Just a patch of scrub

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