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Varieties And Quality Of Small Grain Seed Planted In Utah In 1958, Louis A. Jensen May 1960

Varieties And Quality Of Small Grain Seed Planted In Utah In 1958, Louis A. Jensen

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

High quality seed is of first importance in efficient crop production. Seed is one of the major factors affecting yield and quality of the crop. High quality seed is of adapted varieties, has high gemination, and is free of foreign material and weed seeds. Crop seed containing weed seeds may be the means of infesting farm land with weeds. Such seed is expensive at any price.


The Geraldton Strain Of Subterranean Clover, A J. Millington Jan 1960

The Geraldton Strain Of Subterranean Clover, A J. Millington

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

THE cereal-growing areas of Western Australia form a narrow triangle extending about 700 miles from north to south, gradually increasing in width towards the south to about 150 miles.


The Fruit Industry In Other Lands. 1. The United Kingdom, Frank Melville Jan 1960

The Fruit Industry In Other Lands. 1. The United Kingdom, Frank Melville

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

THE following report deals with the many aspects of fruit growing both technical and commercial covered during a tour of three overseas countries undertaken on behalf of the Department of Agriculture and the fruitgrowers of Western Australia.

In the course of the three and a half months spent on this work, 13 research establishments were visited and contacts were made with research personnel both within these organisations and elsewhere.

Visits to commercial fruit growing areas were made with extension officers and these included brief visits to packing houses.

Altogether I had discussions with 127 research and extension personnel and industry …


The Merredin Early Strain Of Wimmera Ryegrass, J T. Reeves, H. M. Fisher Jan 1960

The Merredin Early Strain Of Wimmera Ryegrass, J T. Reeves, H. M. Fisher

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

WITH the exception of subterranean clover, no introduced pasture species has a wider application in Western Australia than Wimmera ryegrass.

This popular pasture plant is believed to have originated as a natural cross between two ryegrass species and first became prominent in the Wimmera district of Victoria.