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Leaflet No 1003 - The Salt Problem In The Wheat Belt, G. H. Burvill Jan 1950

Leaflet No 1003 - The Salt Problem In The Wheat Belt, G. H. Burvill

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IN the wheat belt of Western Australian bare patches in farm paddocks are often seen. Many are bare, or almost bare, because of too much salt in the soil. The excess of salt prevents the germination of seeds, or kills living plants, because it causes the water supply for germination or growth to be cut off. This salt problem is so serious in places that single farms or groups of farms have been ruined; wheat growing on them has become unprofitable.