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Shed Lambing In The Esperance Environment, T Marshall, F. F. Dixon
Shed Lambing In The Esperance Environment, T Marshall, F. F. Dixon
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Neonatal lamb mortality is often high in Western Australia and losses as high as 33 per cent, have been recorded on private properties in the Esperance area. Surveys by Western Australian Department of Agriculture officers have indicated that more than threequarters of such lamb deaths occur after birth. About half these deaths result from the combined effects of weather and mismothering.
Work in Victoria has indicated that lamb mortality may be reduced by intensive lambing systems such as shedding and this trial was established to see if shedding could reduce lamb mortality in the Esperance environment.
Linseed Production Survey : Esperance, 1968, R J. Guyton
Linseed Production Survey : Esperance, 1968, R J. Guyton
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
A SURVEY conducted after the 1967 linseed season found that although most farmers understood the requirements of linseed growing there were several crop failures. These were associated with time of planting, soil type and insect control measures.
The Esperance district office of the Department of Agriculture conducted a second survey during December, 1968 and January, 1969