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Crop Rationing : A Useful Drought Feeding Technique, H E. Fels
Crop Rationing : A Useful Drought Feeding Technique, H E. Fels
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
A TRIAL carried out during the 1969 drought demonstrated that rationing standing crop is a practical method of feeding it to sheep when feed is scarce.
Rationing will be mainly a drought feeding technique for that part of the crop which will definitely be used as sheep feed. Crop that may or may not be needed for sheep would normally be harvested and the grain kept as a contingency allowance.
Sheep Management During Drought, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Sheep Management During Drought, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Experiencing a drought can be likened to fighting a war.
This article looks at alternatives and costs of maintaining the flock during the drought.
Survival Feeding Of Cattle During Drought, D J. Barker, J. T. Stoate
Survival Feeding Of Cattle During Drought, D J. Barker, J. T. Stoate
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
TO obtain adequate returns from the grazing of developed land, which has involved considerable capital investment, farmers may carry stock at rates which, though normally satisfactory, are too high in exceptionally poor seasons.
A look at some slternatives and their costs to maintaine the herd in drought.