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Efficiency Of Sprinkler Irrigation Systems, T C. Calder
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.
Potatoes Sprinkler Irrigated From The Collie River, John W. Lewis
Potatoes Sprinkler Irrigated From The Collie River, John W. Lewis
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THE highly productive soils of the flats along the Collie River at Roelands are an important source of many of our summer grown potatoes in this State.
Large areas are planted year after year, the record being held by Mr. Clarry Cox of Roelands, who has planted potatoes on the same seven acres every season since 1922.