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Water Resource Management

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

1976

Sprinkler irrigation

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Efficiency Of Sprinkler Irrigation Systems, T C. Calder Jan 1976

Efficiency Of Sprinkler Irrigation Systems, T C. Calder

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Shallow-rooted vegetable crops growing on sandy soils in hot, often windy summer weather, pose a difficult watering problem for most Western Australian vegetable growers.

Irregularities in wetting patterns are common. Wind effects are seldom taken into account in system design. The increasing popularity of knocker-type sprinklers makes these considerations particularily important.

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