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BL
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1032056
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b786426
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| Main Entry
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Southorn, Neil.
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| Title & Author
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Farm irrigation : : planning management /\ Neil Southorn.
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| Publication Statement
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Port Melbourne ;Newton [Mass.] :: Inkata Press,, ©1997.
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| Series Statement
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Practical farming
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1 online resource (164 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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0080548652
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: 9780080548654
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0750689374
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Includes bibliographical references (page 160) and index.
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| Contents
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Front Cover; Farm Irrigation: Planning & Magagement; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Irrigation planning; Chapter 2. Soil water; Chapter 3. Evapotranspiration; Chapter 4. Irrigation scheduling; Chapter 5. Surgace irrigation; Chapter 6. Spray irrigation; Chapter 7. Microirigation systems; Chapter 8. Reticulation; Chapter 9. Drainage; References; Index; Some other titles in the PRACTICAL FARMING SERIES.
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| Abstract
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There is no doubt that irrigation makes a major contribution to agricultural production, making a whole range of crops viable in an otherwise unreliable climate and helping insure against drought. However irrigation does not automatically guarantee a profit and acclaim, it is a high cost exercise, using water from increasingly scarce supplies, and contributes to environmental concerns of the community. Many of the pressures facing some irrigators have been caused by a lack of understanding in the past of best practices necessary in design, installation and management. Alternative methods of ir.
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Drainage.
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Irrigation farming.
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Drainage.
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Irrigation farming.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Agriculture-- Irrigation.
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| Dewey Classification
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631.587
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| LC Classification
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SB112.S68 1997eb
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