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Phosphate Requirements Of Rice In The Ord River Valley, Rijn P J Van, A. L. Chapman
Phosphate Requirements Of Rice In The Ord River Valley, Rijn P J Van, A. L. Chapman
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
A three-year experiment on the initial and maintenance phosphate requirements of wet-season rice was carried out at Kimberley Research Station between 1960 and 1963.
Application of 2 cwt. per acre superphosphate as the first application on new land, followed by annual application of 1J cwt. per acre is recommended.
Dry Season Rice Varieties For The Ord River Valley, A L. Chapman, P. J. Van Rijn
Dry Season Rice Varieties For The Ord River Valley, A L. Chapman, P. J. Van Rijn
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
PREVIOUS experimental work at the Kimberley Research Station (Langfield 1961) showed that, in general, indica varieties of rice are best adapted for wet-season sowing and japonica varieties for dry-season sowing.
This article gives the results of three rice variety and time of planting experiments carried out at Kimberley Research Station in the I960, 1961, and 1962 dry seasons. The recommendation is to sow the variety Caloro during May.
Rice Growing In The Ord River Valley, C B. Langfield
Rice Growing In The Ord River Valley, C B. Langfield
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THE first commercial rice crop in the Ord River Valley was planted late in I960 and plans are in hand for some 35,000 acres of land to be subdivided for irrigation settlement by 1964, with rice as a major crop.
Kimberley Research Station : A Progress Report, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Kimberley Research Station : A Progress Report, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
INTEREST in the agricultural potential of the Kimberley region in Western Australia dates from its early exploration and settlement in the last century.
Several farming development schemes were considered for the area, but were never implemented.
This could be mainly attributable to lack of knowledge of agricultural potentialities, limitations of the local environment and ways of exploiting the local environment.
Up to the present the economy of the region is almost entirely based upon the extensive production of beef and to a lesser extent, wool.