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Tackling the problem of salt encroachment

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(1983) Tackling the problem of salt encroachment. Our Land, November 1983. p. 14 [Publication] [Special Collections]

Summary

The Department of Agriculture has over many years investigated a range of treatments and management options for farmers affected by the problem of soil salinity. The most recent trials involved laying slotted drainage pipes under salt affected land on the property of Charles Hyde at Nugadong.

This article contains an image, courtesy of The Countryman, showing a slotted drainage pipe being fed into salt affected land.

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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 Collection
Copyright: ©1983 Our Land
Notes: 1 newspaper clipping
URI: http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/56413
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