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

Ord River region (W.A.)

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Irrigating Dry Season Crops In The Ord Valley : How To Prepare Land For Sowing, D F. Beech Jan 1962

Irrigating Dry Season Crops In The Ord Valley : How To Prepare Land For Sowing, D F. Beech

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

THE best way to grow dry season crops of safflower, linseed and rapeseed under irrigation in the Ord Valley is by sowing on to broad flat ridges, separated by small furrows 3 ft. 6 in. apart.

This system of sowing is called the "corrugation" method.

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