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Recommendations For Doublegee, Geoffrey A. Pearce
Recommendations For Doublegee, Geoffrey A. Pearce
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Is it worth losing the legume component of the pasture in order to kill the doublegee?
Stocking Rate And Wool Production At Kojonup, Davies H. Lloyd, A. W. Humphries
Stocking Rate And Wool Production At Kojonup, Davies H. Lloyd, A. W. Humphries
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
RESEARCH workers in several parts of the world have recognised the overriding importance of stocking rate in raising animal production per acre.
This article describes some of the initial work on the effect of stocking rate on wool production and liveweight change in medium-Peppin Merino sheep.
The work was carried out at the C.S.I.R.O. "Glen Lossie" Field Station at Kojonup, Western Australia.
The Production Of Pasture Seeds : Facts And Figures, B J. Quinlivan
The Production Of Pasture Seeds : Facts And Figures, B J. Quinlivan
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THE production of grass and legume pasture seeds in Western Australia has expanded noticeably in the last two or three years
With this expansion has come some publicity, at times accurate at other times not so accurate.
Pasture Seeds : 1965 Statistics And Comments, B J. Quinlivan
Pasture Seeds : 1965 Statistics And Comments, B J. Quinlivan
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
A KNOWLEDGE of market conditions and procedures is not of direct importance to some primary producers.
For example, cereal growers as individuals are neither in a position to negotiate prices nor does their production have any direct effect on prices.
Dairy Farming In The Busselton-Margaret River District. Part 2. Stocking Rate And Production, R A. Bettenay
Dairy Farming In The Busselton-Margaret River District. Part 2. Stocking Rate And Production, R A. Bettenay
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Survey results suggest that the production of butterfat per acre could be doubled on many farms in the Busselton-Margaret River district.—Second in a series of articles reporting a survey of farm practices on 100 farms in the district.
Seed And Pasture Rates For New Dairy Pastures, F E. Ryan
Seed And Pasture Rates For New Dairy Pastures, F E. Ryan
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THE success or failure of pasture establishment on new land often depends on the interaction of rate of seeding and rate of superphosphate application.
Every year large areas of virgin land are cleared and sown to pasture in the higher rainfall areas, and all-too often the new pasture is not as successful as it should be because too little super is applied, and, in some cases, too little seed.
Dairy Farming In The Busselton-Margaret River District. Part 4. Pasture Production, R A. Bettenay
Dairy Farming In The Busselton-Margaret River District. Part 4. Pasture Production, R A. Bettenay
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
If deteriorated pasture and underdeveloped pasture in the Busselton-Margaret River district could be improved to the standard of the present highly productive pastures stocking rates could be improved by more than 50 per cent.—final article in a series reporting the results of a survey of farm practices in the district.