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A first class investment against salt

Tools

Piggott, M. (1982) A first class investment against salt. Western Farmer and Grazier, 13 May 1982. p. 35 [Publication] [Special Collections]

Summary

Newspaper article by Max Piggott.

Part of a series on finalists in the Western Farmer-Chamberlain John Deere Fight against Salt competition. The Baxter family, Roly, Gladys and sons, Brian and Don have invested heavily in interceptor banks on their property at Perenjori. The banks are a major tool in controlling and eradicating salt encroaching on their 2800 hectare wheat and sheep property.

This article includes two photographs: Lyndon Henning, Brian Baxter, Dr Graeme Robertson and Dr Maurice Mulcahy; Dr Graeme Robertson, Lyndon Henning and Brian Baxter.

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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: ©1982 Western Farmer and Grazier
Notes: 1 newspaper clipping
URI: http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/56561
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