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The Effects Of Tillage Implements On Cereal Yields, H M. Fisher
The Effects Of Tillage Implements On Cereal Yields, H M. Fisher
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Careful soil preparation is essential for cereal crops grown without fallow on clover ley land.
Crops give better yields where the land is broken up with a mouldboard or disc plough rather than a scarifier or similar machine.
The implements differ appreciably in their capacity to control weed growth and this is largely responsible for variations in cereal yields. "Takeall" disease is reduced by efficient weed control.
Weed Control In Cereals : Aerial Spraying Trials, G R W Meadly
Weed Control In Cereals : Aerial Spraying Trials, G R W Meadly
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
SPRAYING cereal crops for weed control is now standard farming practice in Western Australia. Almost 500,000 acres of cereal crops, mainly wheat, are sprayed each year, and approximately three-quarters of this area is treated by aircraft.
Recent trials have shown that aerial application of 'extra low" volumes of hormone-like herbicides, with oil or water solvents, does not damage cereals if spraying is done at the right stage of growth.