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One Shot Baiting, C D. Gooding, L. A. Harrison
One Shot Baiting, C D. Gooding, L. A. Harrison
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THE Agriculture Protection Board introduced the first of its contract poisoning schemes in 1955 in the lower South-West when three units undertook the first "1080" poisoning for farmers in Western Australia.
The originators of one-shot baiting describe this new technique and explain how it should be used for best results on the farm.
Food For Thought In Rabbit Poisoning, J W. Leighton
Food For Thought In Rabbit Poisoning, J W. Leighton
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
SINCE the introduction of the "1080" Poisoning Unit Scheme in 1955 by the Agriculture Protection Board reasonable control of rabbit numbers has been obtained.
Besides this many important side effects have resulted.
Control Of The Emu, C D. Gooding, J. L. Long
Control Of The Emu, C D. Gooding, J. L. Long
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Vermin research officers C. D. GOODING and J. L LONG give the latest recommendations for control of the emu, based on a series of observations and poisoning experiments in the northern wheatbelt.
A Successful Campaign Against The Euro, E H M Ealey, T. M. Richardson
A Successful Campaign Against The Euro, E H M Ealey, T. M. Richardson
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
RESULTS from a five-year research programme carried out by the C.S.I.R.O. on the Abydos-Woodstock Pastoral Research Station indicated that euros could be controlled in a practical and economic way by the traditional method of water poisoning,
if it was continued for an extended period and carried out over a large area. Smallscale trials supported this claim, but no opportunity had occurred to assess the practicability of a large-scale poisoning operation.