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Wheat Weevil And The Farmer, Clee Francis Howard Jenkins, G. D. Rimes
Wheat Weevil And The Farmer, Clee Francis Howard Jenkins, G. D. Rimes
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
INSECT pests have been taking toll of mans' crops and herds since very early times and despite modern control techniques the annual loss is still very high.
It has been estimated that damage to stored grain alone may average 10 per cent, per year, or, in terms of the West Australian harvest, a loss by weevils of about twice the capacity of the large Midland Junction bin.
Trials With Urea And Anhydrous Ammonia For Wheat Growing, M G. Mason
Trials With Urea And Anhydrous Ammonia For Wheat Growing, M G. Mason
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THE recent subsidy on nitrogenous fertilisers has greatly reduced their price to farmers. This, and farmers' increasing awareness of the benefits of application of nitrogen to cereals, has led to a substantial increase in the use of these fertilisers.
Wheat In Development Programmes For New Esperance Farmers, R J. Doyle, G. D. Oliver
Wheat In Development Programmes For New Esperance Farmers, R J. Doyle, G. D. Oliver
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
IN the December, 1967, issue of the Journal of Agriculture, we reported on five development budgets for the Esperance region.
The aim of the exercise was to find out if a new settler concentrating on sheep, with $20,000 available for development after acquisition of land, could make a reasonable living for himself and his family while developing his farm.