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47 lines
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8. TROPICS
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Irrigation and Weed Control
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45. GUlNEA PlG SHELTER.
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3—4 guinea pigs manure, and keep kikuyu from choking, young litchee
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trees: they forage below the canopy, and are fed lood pellets. Owls and
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pythons eat excess populations.
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43. MALANDA, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA.
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BOB KlNGWELL has devised a simple manilold to lead water in 3
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directions from a head drain; pipes are plugged or opened to allow flow
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in channels, using simple concrete plugs with rubber "0“ rings.
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44.
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As lor Number 43, here Bob has fitted a head drain with cross—stops
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to allow water to back up and flood the field to the right; again simple
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pipes are used, carefully levelled.
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In lieu of guinea pigs. Desmodium restrains kikuyu grass. This uses
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more water than the guinea pig solution but does not need lood
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pellets.
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47.
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Flood irrigation oi papaya on slight ridges also waters
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green mulch. Desmodium carpets the papaya
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mounds. and comfrey provides a mulch interplant.
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