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New seeder to reduce water erosion

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(1989) New seeder to reduce water erosion. Elders Weekly, 15 June 1989. p. 40 [Publication] [Special Collections]

Summary

The Department of Agriculture announced testing of a new type of seeder machine intended to reduce erosion. The tests were conducted on farms and in a controlled environment with a rainfall simulator to test the efficacy of the seeder.

This article contains a photograph of Philip Carter and Kevin Bligh, Department of Agriculture employees working on the project, alongside the new seeder machine.

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This article is part of the WISALTS (Whittington Interceptor Sustainable Agriculture Land Treatment Society Incorporated) Collection.

Item Type: Special Collections
Collection: WISALTS
Copyright: ©1989 Elders Weekly
Notes: 1 newspaper clipping
URI: http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/56039
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