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Recommended Cereal Varieties : 1969, H M. Fisher, J. T. Reeves, J. A. Parish
Recommended Cereal Varieties : 1969, H M. Fisher, J. T. Reeves, J. A. Parish
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Cereal varieties widely recommended for growing in 1969 are Gamenya and Falcon wheats, Dampier and Beecher barleys and Swan oats.
Other varieties include the new wheat Darkan, which is recommended only for the higher rainfall areas, the rust resistant wheats Mengavi and Gamut, and Irwin oats for late sowing in northeastern districts.
Lupins In Western Australia. 1. Species And Varieties, John Sylvester Gladstones
Lupins In Western Australia. 1. Species And Varieties, John Sylvester Gladstones
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
First in a series of articles on the varieties, cultivation and uses of lupins in Western Australia.
Lupins are ideally suited to the climate and soils of many districts of Western Australia and their cultivation here dates from the early years of the century.
However, although there were some 500,000 acres of lupins growing in the State in 1968, their cultivation in recent years has been largely limited to infertile sandplain soils where other legumes usually fail.
Wren Wheat Unimpressive In West Australian Trials, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Wren Wheat Unimpressive In West Australian Trials, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
WREN WHEAT, the subject of current controversy in the Eastern States, has been tested in trials in Western Australia and the results have indicated that it is not likely to yield well in this State.
Pasture Seed Production In Western Australia, B J. Quinlivan
Pasture Seed Production In Western Australia, B J. Quinlivan
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Pasture seed production in Western Australia is an industry with a somewhat turbulent past. Booms and slumps have been the rule rather than the exception.
However, during the past few years there has been some degree of "stability"—if not in price, at least in terms of total production.