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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 3
Keywords
Farm managent, Fencing, Soil conservation.
First Page Number
97
Last Page Number
100
ISSN
0021-8618
Abstract
On any wheatbelt farm it is easy to see the need for planning fences for future convenience. Without planning, fences can cause erosion, interfere with erosion control and prevent good stock management. A neat layout of straight fences on clean white paper can be transferred to hilly land to become a nightmare of narrow corners, eroding gateways, boggy and rutted wheeltracks, unsafe cultivation on paddocks which are either overgrazed or undergrazed. After 50 years of frustration waiting for the fence to fall down before it can be replaced, it is surely amazing that even now fences are being replaced along the old fence lines.
Recommended Citation
Marsh, B. a'B.
(1958)
"Farm planning - Fences and soil conservation.,"
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 3: Vol. 7:
No.
1, Article 22.
Available at:
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture3/vol7/iss1/22