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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

1965

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Lot Feeding Of Beef Cattle. 3. Facilities Required For A Feed Lot, W J O Wilkie Jan 1965

Lot Feeding Of Beef Cattle. 3. Facilities Required For A Feed Lot, W J O Wilkie

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

MANY THINGS must be considered in planning a feed lot.

The site must be well chosen, fencing, gates and yards must be adequate for the cattle carried and feeding and watering facilities should be of a high standard.

Other things to consider are the provision of shelter and shade for the cattle and buildings for feed storage and other purposes.


The New Yilgarn Vermin Fence, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia Jan 1965

The New Yilgarn Vermin Fence, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

THE State's vermin fence system, forming a barrier between the outer edges of the agricultural areas and the pastoral areas, has been extended 162 miles with the completion of the Yilgarn Vermin Fence this year.


Lot Feeding Of Beef Cattle. 1. Introduction, W J O Wilkie Jan 1965

Lot Feeding Of Beef Cattle. 1. Introduction, W J O Wilkie

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

"LOT FEEDING" of cattle is the name given to the operation of bringing cattle in from pasture and giving them the total ration they are to receive in open or partly roofed yards.

The roof would be intended to protect the feed trough and not the cattle.