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Sawma journals

In 1986, the Soil and Water Management Association (SaWMA) merged with the Institution of Agricultural Engineers where its activities were amalgamated with the IAgrE Soil & Water group. Prior to that date, SaWMA published its own journal. We do not have access to all issues but where we have copies, they  have been digitised and are available here.

SaWMA Journal issues up to Vol 5 No.2 are not available to IAgrE. If any one in possession of these missing issues wishes to make them available to IAgrE, then we will be pleased to digitise missing issues. In 1986, SaWMA was amalgamated with the IAgrE.  From that date, relevant articles were included in the IAgrE journal (The Agricultural Engineer and latterly Landwards)

Title Author page

Volume 5 No.2                 1977

   
Introduction to Subsoiling J. B. Finney. 1
Drainage at Cockle Park R. Jarvis 3
Potato Cultural Systems D. Ken 4
Soil structure and Direct Drilling   11

Volume 6 No.1                 1978

   
Groundwater In Soils Norman Pizer 3

Volume 6 No.2                 1978

   
Drainage Machinery Review A D Bailey 3
Irrigation – When and How to Apply Water (Irrigation Scheduling) Dent, Hay and Scammell 8

Volume 6 No.3                 1978

   
Soil on Light Land – Soil Organic Matter A E Johnston and G E G Mattingly 3
Lime, Fertilizers, Soil R D Russell 10
Cultivations and Soil Problems R B Davies 14
The Effect Of Stone Removal, Stone Windrowing And Stone Crushing On Potato Yield, Harvester Performance And Tuber Damage B D Witney 18

Volume 7 No.1                 1979

   
Irrigation Economics Richard Hey 3
Grassland Soil Problems T Batey 5
The Heavy Soils Of Essex; Their Problems And Potential R C Sturdy 8

Volume 7 No.2                 1979

   
Cultivatlon and Soil Plant Relationships R Q Cannell 2
The Price Of Loaded Wheels J. G. Elliott 9
Soil Survey Interpretations And Contracts A. J. Thomasson 11
Gravel Tunnel Drainage In Ireland John V. Courtney 12

Volume 8 No.1                 1980

   
The Basic Resource – Water And Its Availabilityasic Re K F Clarke 3
Calculating When To Apply Water F Cope 8
The Management Of Irrigation Programmes On The Farm L J Walton 14
Application Equipment - Present And Future G G Curtis 17
Irrigation Programmes for Field Vegetables P C Rickard  

Volume 9 No.1                 1981

   
A Case For Better And More Permanent Drainage Systems Robert Walpole 5
Drainage System Design - There's Nothing New. Dick Dottridge 8
Overcoming Compaction Dick Godwin & Gordon Spoor 11
Frost Protection Irrigatlion Lawrence A. Thornton 14
Irrigation And Protection Against Spring Frosts. -  Micrometerological Considerations. Michael Hunt, 15
Soil Physical Conditions And The Pea Crop Tudor C. K. Dawkins,  19
Paul D. Hebblethwaite, Michael McGowan and 
J. King.*
North Norfolk Cereal Cropping Mike Darbishire, 25
New Material Can Help Drainage Systems D. Clark 33
Maintenance
Continuous Corn In The Cotswold Visit Report 38
North Yorkshire Drainage Demonstration Visit Report 40

Volume 9 No.2                 1981

   
Too Wet, Too Dry: Clay Soil Problems lan Reid and Robert Parkinson  7
Economics Of Drainage M. A. Molyneux, 10
The Role Of The Internal Drainage Board P. R. Charnlev. 12
What Depth Cultivation For Winter Crops?   14
Better Use Of Water Report 17
Waterlogging And Crop Growth ARC Report 19
Thoughts On Drains Past Peter Alsford, 21
My Experiences With Reduced Cultivation Systems G Longbottom 23
Developments In Research On Drainage Filter Louis C. P. M. Stuyt 31
Materials In The Netherlands

Volume 10 No.1                 1982

   
Soil And Crop Loss - Conference Report 9
A Problem We Can Live With?
National Drainage Contractors Workshop Workshop Report 14
Tines for Fertilizing and Cultivating the Subsoil Dick Godwin  
Successful Subsoiling – Look Before you Leap Demonstrations Report 19
Grassland Problems on Restored Land Peter Gagen – Post Graduate Report 23
Utilisation of Sewage Sludge on Agricultural Land James Stark - WRC 25
R & D What’s In It For Me? – Farmers Discussion Brian Douthwaite 28
The Work of a Soil Scientist – Advisor’s Diary Richard Dight - ADAS 31
Soil Survey – Progress Report – National Soil Mapping Don Mackney 32

Volume 10 No.2                 1982

   
Straw – Burn or Bury? Ken Hubbard - ADAS 7
Water Flow in Mole Drained Soil Peter Leeds- Harrison 9
Land Drainage and Restoration of Land After NCB Opencast Mining Neil Bragg - MAFF 13
Steam Powered Cultivations – a trip down memory lane. Michael Williams 16
Irrigation UK – Costs and Benefits – UKIA Workshop Report Joe Morris 19
Soil Tillage Research In Yugoslavia – ISTRO Meeting Report Bruce Ball 21
Weeds and Waterways – A Report on the Fourth ASA Demonstration   22
R & D What’s In It For Me? – Farmers Discussion – A Reply by SIAE Research Worker Brennan Soane 25
Slit Trenching – For Inexpensive Drainage David Shelton 28
Nylon Matting Halts Erosion – Product Review/Report Enkamat 29
The Natural Energy PLATAPUMP – Product Review   30
Subsoiler Improves Marginal Lands by Leaps and Bounds – Product Review Rockopper 30
A Range of Pumps from Sykes – Product Review Sykes 32
Flo-Tilla – Product Review   32
Stubble Digester – Product Review - Cytozyme Bactozyme 32
Two Into One Does Go – A Variable Counterbalance Excavator  Priestman 33
Tillaerator – Product Review McConnel 33
Agricultural Land Classification – What Price Grade Three? Tom Worthington 34
Roots at Work – ARC Letcombe Open Day Report Dr Bruce 35
Cultivations for Winter Cereals – SIAE/SAC Open Day Report Sandy Hamilton 37
The History of Agricultural Drainage – ADAS Exhibition Report   38

Volume 11 No.1                 1983

   
Move Water Down the Pipe with Effective Trenchless Schemes. Bob Fry - NCAE 9
Trenchless Drainage – Past Present and Future – Meeting Report Mike Saull 13
Baby Aims to Set New Standards – Product Review Mastenbroek 17
A Gravel Filled Mole – Product Review Doggett Engineering 17
Do-It-Yourself Drainage Mike Saull 19
Top Class profiles at Wageningen Mike Saull 21
Laser on the Level – Product Review Scanlaser 21
Ringing the Till at the Smithfield Show – Show Report Chris Evans AEA 22
Heavy Land Techniques at Home and Abroad – Nuffield Farming Scholarship Report Chris Older 26
From little acorns……….. K G Hoes - Company Profile   29
Crop Reaction to Compaction T C K Dawkins 31
Reduce wheelings, increase yields A C W Davies 34
Drainage advice on film -  “Here to stay” film review (film by British Clayware Land Drain Industry   37
The Non-(straw)burning Issue.  David Patterson NIAE 39

Volume 11 No.2                 1983

   
Listening and Learning with the Professionals – National Contractors Workshop Report Mike Darbishire and Mike Saull 11
Closing the Gap – SAWMA Drainage Workshop Report   13
Wash Away Your Cares – Report from the SAWMA Drainage Workshop on Iron Ochre Build Up Problems David Merrilees 19
Applying Water the Profitable Way – UKIA Conference Report Mike Saull 20
Liquid on the Land – A look at the latest products and techniques   23
Taking the Heat from Peat (Methane Extraction) Brian Lewis 25
The Company that Jack Built – Company Profile – Wright Rain   27
Cultivating Weed Research – SAWMA Annual Meeting Report Mike Saull 29
Consolidate on top for High Yields on Chalk – Report (SAWMA/Chalkland Cereal Group/ADAS)   33
Putting Us on the Map – Soil Survey’s national Mapping Programme Bob Evans 35

Volume 11 No.3                 1983

   
Pipes Down, Yields Up – Report on the Farmers Weekly International Drainage Event   10
Computers Help Drainage – Report on the ADAS program   11
Preventative Measures Against Deep Seated Compaction Gordon Spoor 13
Making Sense of Pressures – Report on booklet about tyre pressures from ADASW/AEA/NIAE/SIAE   16
In the Soil at the Royal – Royal Show Report   18
Soil Science in Practice – Report on Soils Centre at the Royal show. Mike Saull 22
Coping with straw the German Way Brian Saunders 25
The Erosion Risk of Compaction Alan Harrison Read 29

Volume 11 No.4                 1983

   
More on Straw – the debate continues – Report on NAC Autumn Cultivations Demonstration Mike Saull 8
Putting Grass in its Class Tim Harrod 10
Pressure on the soil – soil compaction – what it is and how to avoid it.   13
Tyre Construction and selection for all-year working   17
Maintaining Access by Specialist Vehicle. Richard Price 19
Restoring land to agriculture Neil Bragg 21
Laying pipes en France – Report on the French National Drainage Demonstration. Mike Saull 24
Reclaiming the Hills P Newbould 27
Drainage in depth – Book Review – Land Drainage: planning and design of agricultural drainage systems L K Smedema and D W Rycroft 29

Volume 12 No.1                 1984

   
Report on the NAAC/SAWMA Drainage Workshop   8
Drainage in France – visit report   12
The Professionals in Land Restoration – Filed Day at the Greenham Sand and Ballast Site. Michael Darbishire 13
Finding those pipes – a review of pipe location methods R K Fry and M T B Evans 14
Down to Earth – Report on travelling soil  exhibition   17
Erosion on the South Downs John Boardman 19
Benefits and Economics of Grassland Drainage Alan Parker and M V Jackson 22

Volume 12 No.2                 1984

   
Straw Incorporation on Heavy Land G B Saunders 4
Cut and Mix Machines – Product reviews – for straw incorporation   7
Reseeding Effect on Mole Drains Neil Bragg 10
Abrasive wear of cultivation equipment by soil A Foley 12

Volume 12 No.3                 1985

   
Infiltration in Australia – Product review - Agroplow   7
Drainage of saline marsh soil M G Jarvis 9
Micro-organisms – an alternative to straw burning J M Lynch 10
The Wickham Series – Soil Assessment M G Jarvis 13
Straw use and disposal A R Staniforth 14

Volume 12 No.4                 1985

   
The Hanslope Series – Soil Assessment M G Jarvis 7
Managing a Profitable Drainage Contractor’s Business – Workshop Report Geoff Baldwin 8
Importance of Soil Moisture When Incorporating Straw J S Rule 12
Brimstone Farm – a summary of the first two years – recent work on mole drains Mike Jarvis 14
Water Meadow Flooding – the border dyke method A Parker and A Lester-Card 16
Soil science in the Soviet Union – a visit report R J A Jones 18
Soil Compaction Measured by the NVRS Penetrometer David Goodman and Hugh R Rowse 19
Impact moling – a user’s experience Geoff Baldwin/Ian Laurenson 21

Volume 13 No.1                 1985

   
The Soil Management Course at Silsoe College   6
The Wick Series – soil assessment I N L Kilgour 7
Ransomed, Healed, Restored, Forgiven – The Restoration of Opencast sites Ian Carolan 8
Reclaimed Mined Land for Forestry David Fourt 10
Farmland Restoration – The Greenham Solution Geoff Baldwin 13
International Drainage in the South East – review of the Farmers Weekly International Drainage Event Mike Darbishire 15
Latest trends in tillage equipment David Patterson 17
Drainage of Sloping Clay Soils Robert Parkinson and Ian Reid 19

Volume 13 No.2                 1985

   
Microbiological perspectives in soil management E J Wibberley 7
The ISTRO conference, Guelph, 1985 Brennan D Soane 9
SaWMA field meetings, 1985   10
ADAS straw incorporation trial   11
Straw incorporation - what about nitrogen? A E Johnston and D S Powlson 12
Erosion - soil loss experiments from tractor wheelings Alan Harrison Reed 13
Why the breakdown of straw needs nitrogen R Dunn and George A Palmer 14
Pollution - A general review Murray Sandeman 15
Association of Drainage Authorities - 5th Demonstration Mike Darbishire 16
Land restoration in the USSR N V Simakov, V E Zibarov,  18
V N Popov, M B Estaev

Volume 14 No.1                 1986

   
Look twice before you subsoil   8
Research - N.I.A.E. Compaction experiments   9
Better Soil Management for Cereals and Oil Seed Rape Selwyn Richardson 10
Drainage Update - the LDCA Conference Geoff Baldwin 13
Pollution on the Farm. Whose problem? Who pays? – Conference Report   17
Volume 14 No.2                 1986    
The Newport Series – soil assessment R C Palmer 8
Safe and pollution-free chemicals – SaWMA Meeting Report   9
Soil injection of liquid wastes R J Godwin, N L Warner, J E Hall 10
Agricultural implications of EEC legislation Dick Thompson 13
Monitoringsoil moisture content for Irrigation Scheduling Ian Mathieson 15
Plotting Nitrogen predictions on the Screen T M Addiscott and A P Whitmore 17
Farmers Weekly International Drainage Event - preview Geoff Baldwin 20
Plugging the Nitrogen leak John Shotliff 22

Volume 14 No.3                 1986

   
The Manod Series – soil assessment R Hartnup 8
Research   9
Assessment of Windthrow hazard in commercial forestry E M Lee 10
A mechanistic approach to predicting nitrate leaching D Barraclough 14
Compaction studies in the USA Jim Taylor and Geoff Baldwin 16
Field Meeting – Stoke Bardolph Sewage Farm - Nottingham   19
The Farmers Weekly International Drainage Event - report Geoff Baldwin 20

Volume 14 No.4                 1986

   
Management of a silty soil Letcombe Laboratory 6
Tillage and straw incorporation Bruce Ball 8
Soil resources of Yorkshire B Wilkinson 10
Personalities in Soil Management – Profile of Anthony Forsyth   11
Soil loss from tractor wheelings Alan Harrison Reed 12
Research - EEC Funds   15
Silsoe Soil Management Course Geoff Baldwin 16
Floating-beam Mole plough Dick Godwin 17
A Standard Soil Steven Nortcliff 18

Volume 15 No.1 and 2                 1986

   
The Hamble Series – soil assessment M G Jams 11
Field Drainage-A success story Chris Stansfield 12
One-pass tillage to avoid re-compaction Dick Godwin 14
Tillage-What now and what next? – Conference Report   16
Reviews: Research   26
A survey of water erosion Robert Evans and Dick Skinner 28
Manufacture of tillage machinery – Meeting report   32
Study your soil and keep down costs – Course Report   33

Volume 15 No.3 and 4                 1986

   
Bringing a quarry back to life – Field Meeting Report Malcolm Reeve 10
Drilling and straw Bill Butterworth 12
Peat erosion   14
The economics of tillage John Nix 15
Conservation in soil and water management Eric Carter 19
Soil management of the cricket pitch Victor Stewart 22
Getting the best out of your soil – Farmers discussion:   25
·         Mr Richard Elliot, Cokenach Estates, Royston - Boulder clay
·         Mr Ted Grant, Fold Hill Farm, Boston - Silt
·         Mr John Martindale, Gleadthorpe EHF, Mansfield - Sand
·         Mr John Ray, Brasenose Farm, Oxford - Oxford clay, brash
·         Mr Guy Shropshire, Hainey Farm, Ely- Fen
Nitrates in the human diet David Forman 30
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