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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
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Full-Text Articles in Comparative Nutrition
Beef Production In A 14 Inch Rainfall District, D J. Barker, H. G. Cariss
Beef Production In A 14 Inch Rainfall District, D J. Barker, H. G. Cariss
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Progress report on a farm scale beef-raising investigation at the Department of Agriculture's Wongan Hills Research Station.
A SMALL herd of beef cattle was established at Wongan Hills Research Station in 1964 and the first crop of calves was dropped in the autumn of 1965. The calves' growth rates were recorded and they were marketed as 18-month-old steer beef in November, 1966.
A Guide To Pig Feeding, P Mcnamara
A Guide To Pig Feeding, P Mcnamara
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
FOOD is by far the greatest cost in pig production, accounting for between 60 per cent, and 75 per cent, of the total cost, and for this reason it is important that the basic principles of feeding be understood.
Cattle Stocking Rates In A Higher Rainfall Area, R Sprivulis
Cattle Stocking Rates In A Higher Rainfall Area, R Sprivulis
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THE 1965 Pardelup cattle stocking rate trial was conducted with Hereford cross yearling steers on annual pasture of Mt. Barker sub. clover, Wirnmera ryegrass and various volunteer annual species.
This was topdressed with 186 lb. of superphosphate per acre in mid March.
Feeding Urea To Dairy Cows, R A. Bettenay
Feeding Urea To Dairy Cows, R A. Bettenay
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
IT has been known for some years that the ruminant animal, through the agency of microflora in the rumen, has the ability to use urea as a source of nitrogen, and to convert some of this to protein.