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Tb72: Selection For Type And Milk Production In Dairy Cattle, Howard C. Dickey Jun 1974

Tb72: Selection For Type And Milk Production In Dairy Cattle, Howard C. Dickey

Technical Bulletins

This publication discusses milk production in dairy cattle, then explains type improvement, then describes one can select for both type and production with the aid of a chart.


Dairying In W.A., Department Of Agriculture And Food, Western Australia Jan 1974

Dairying In W.A., Department Of Agriculture And Food, Western Australia

Bulletins - 3000 - 3999

Western Australia has a small dairy industry compared with its other rural production. However, the industry has consolidated over recent years.Tree clearing and pasture development on existing holdings and the amalgamation of small dairy farms has led to a rapid increase in the area of pasture per farm. The trend in Western Australia is towards bigger herds, more efficient dairies, more fodder conservation and increasing production per cow and per hectare. Commercial dairy farming in Western Australia is confined to the south-western corner of the State, south of Perth, extending in a 50-kilometre-wide strip along the coast to 50 kilometres …