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Farming Without Fallow, H M. Fisher
Farming Without Fallow, H M. Fisher
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
UNDER the more intensive cropping rotations common in the early development of the cereal areas of Western Australia bare fallowing was a basic technique in cereal production.
By ploughing the land in July or August and keeping it bare of vegetation for nine or ten months, either by grazing or cultivation, a substantial beneficial effect on the subsequent crop could be expected.