Faulty spark arresters danger to wheat crop

Authors

Department of Agriculture, Western Australia

Keywords

Harvesters, Maintenance, fire, Western Australia

Disciplines

Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Applied Mechanics | Heat Transfer, Combustion

First Page Number

961

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

FOR the next two months New South Wales farmers will be harvesting what will be a near record crop.

Apart from climate and disease their greatest source of crop loss is fire caused by sparks from the exhausts of internal combustion engines of tractors, balers, harvesters and other small engines.

Erratum

Found in previous article. Water for agriculture. 4. Clearing cloudy or muddy water R C. Gorman Vol 3 No12 Page 961

Recommended Citation

Department of Agriculture, Western Australia (1962) "Faulty spark arresters danger to wheat crop," Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 3: No. 12, Article 10.
Available at: https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol3/iss12/10