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Weed Control Research Pays Dividends, G R W Meadly
Weed Control Research Pays Dividends, G R W Meadly
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
On my bookshelf is a handbook entitled "War on Weeds" or "How to Double our Food Supply."
In many of these countries experiments have been made to ascertain as far as possible the exact damage done by weeds to crops.
Result: In all the experiments, whether made in England or abroad, the mean loss was over 50 per cent.
The level of loss is equally true today, but the methods at our disposal for handling weeds have improved tremendously.
Progress In Research On Noxious Weeds, Geoffrey A. Pearce
Progress In Research On Noxious Weeds, Geoffrey A. Pearce
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
RESEARCH on noxious weeds has enabled the development of many practical methods for the control of these weeds.
Where the recommended treatments have been accepted by farmers, large scale operations have reduced the areas infested and stopped spread into new paddocks.