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Breeding For Improved Feed Conversion Efficiency, Alan Lymbery
Breeding For Improved Feed Conversion Efficiency, Alan Lymbery
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Alan Lymbery reports on a trial that has started at Vasse Research Atation to investigate the impact of genetic improvement on feed conversion efficiency on costs of production.
The Awassi Fat Tail Sheep Project, R J. Lightfoot
The Awassi Fat Tail Sheep Project, R J. Lightfoot
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Australia's first Awassi fat tail lambs arrived at Kununurra in January 1987, completing the first major step in an ambitious project to establish a fat tail sheep breeding industry in this country.
Fat tail sheep bred in the Middle East attract much higher prices than merino wethers imported from Australia. The question to be resolved through our product development and market research is what premiums will Middle Eastern buyers pay for fat tail sheep bred in Australia and exported to the region.
The Department of Agriculture believes that there is potential for Sustralian producers to enter these new markets without …
Eleventh Random Sample Laying Test : 1967-68 Cages, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Eleventh Random Sample Laying Test : 1967-68 Cages, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
ELEVENTH RANDOM SAMPLE LAYING TEST,
1967-68 - CAGES
POULTRY RESEARCH STATION, WEMBLEY
SIXTH PROGRESSIVE REPORT TO 3rd NOVEMBER, 1968
Special Field Days For Merino Breeders, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Special Field Days For Merino Breeders, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
More than 200 Merino stud breeders attended special stud breeding and fertility field days arranged for them by the Department of Agriculture recently.
Breeders attending represented some 40 per cent of the State's Merino studs.
Twinning Increases Production, K P. Croker
Twinning Increases Production, K P. Croker
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Many breeders claim that twinning causes too many losses among Merino lambs and does not favour breeding for twin lamb production.
But recent experiments have proved otherwise and agricultural scientists now agree that . . .
TWINNING INCREASES PRODUCTION
THE low marking percentages regularly recorded for Merino flocks suggest that the Merino is a relatively infertile breed.
Certainly, lambing percentages are low when compared with those of most British breeds of sheep.
Bee Farming : Maintaining Productive Stock, R S. Coleman
Bee Farming : Maintaining Productive Stock, R S. Coleman
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
EVERY bee hive must be a productive unit, headed by a young vigorous queen, to to make sure of the greatest possible return from capital invested in the commercial apiary.