Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1895 — Reclaiming Welsh Wastes. [ARTICLE]

Reclaiming Welsh Wastes.

Large tracts of sand wastes ire now being reclaimed along the Welsh coast. Series of parallel fences are put up seaward, closely interwoven with wires and furze, and spaces between these posts are filled with earth and road scrapings. In these various trees, such as sycamore, willow, pine and alder, are planted, while the ridges are sown with gorse and broom seed and planted with briar.