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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia
Research Methods in Life Sciences
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
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Weaning Kimberley Cattle Pays Off, D Pratchett, Stuart Young
Weaning Kimberley Cattle Pays Off, D Pratchett, Stuart Young
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Research results show that weaning Kimberley calves when they reach 140kg liveweight is one way of increasing herd productivity by changing management practices. However, removing the bulls from the breeding herd, rather than running them with the cows ywear round as is the practice, does not increase branding percentage.
Field Day : Poultry Research : A Progress Report : Poultry Research Station, Wembley, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Field Day : Poultry Research : A Progress Report : Poultry Research Station, Wembley, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
AT the fourth field day held at the Department of Agriculture's Poultry Research Station at Wembley recently, about 150 visitors, most of them commercial poultry farmers, inspected the station and saw the progress of the comprehensive research programme being carried out by officers of the Department's Poultry Branch.
Lambing Trials At Abydos Research Station, H Suijdendorp
Lambing Trials At Abydos Research Station, H Suijdendorp
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
ABYDOS Research Station is halfway between Port Hedland and Wittenoom Gorge. I t is in country of granitic origin that is largely covered with spinifex (mainly Triodia pungens) and associated species.
The results of a recent lambing trial at Abydos are discussed below:
Time Of Lambing Experiment : Merredin Research Station, 1959-60 (Progress Report), W L. Mcgarry, I. K. Stott
Time Of Lambing Experiment : Merredin Research Station, 1959-60 (Progress Report), W L. Mcgarry, I. K. Stott
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
FOLLOWING upon the Time of Lambing Experiments at Esperance Plains Research Station (Journal of Agriculture, May, 1960) it was decided to carry out similar work with Merino sheep under the relatively harsher environment at Merredin Research Station.
Better Rations For Broiler Production, P Smetana
Better Rations For Broiler Production, P Smetana
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
DURING 1959, trials were conducted at the Poultry Research Station, Herdsman Lake, with the object of developing a broiler-feeding ration that was better than the one at present recommended by the Department of Agriculture and commonly used by local broiler producers.