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Newspaper
Burra Record
Location
Burra, South Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 27, 1954
Page
8
Louis Bromfield, noted writer and agricultural expert, argues in the April Reader's Digest that most worn-out farms can be restored through deep rooted grasses and legumes. He says tapping deep natural fertility and using organic material with minimal commercial fertilizer yields long term fertility and reduces erosion.
Sales Tax Representations will be made to the Commonwealth Government seeking elimination of sales tax on commercial vehicles and a reduction in sales tax on passenger vehicles to current commercial vehicle rates. The case argues no justification for taxing commercial vehicles, essential to farming and land operations, where agricultural equipment and tractors are taxed lightly while commercial vehicles bear heavy charges.
E. T. Baulderstone’s argument highlights how exemptions on aids to manufacture rely on raw material supply by motor trucks. Removing the tax relief could reduce motor truck prices by amounts from zero to over £700 per unit, delivering substantial consumer savings without major impact on Commonwealth finances.
The article notes that mouldboard ploughing and rough ploughing with trash mulching have, in parts of the Great Plains wheat country, largely replaced traditional clean ploughing, reflecting evolving field practices.
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