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Drought Feeding Of Sheep, Laurence C. Snook
Drought Feeding Of Sheep, Laurence C. Snook
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
WHEN this talk on drought feeding of sheep was suggested conditions were very serious over large tracts of pastoral country.
Many stations had not received a worthwhile rain for over 12 months and it appeared that grazing animals would have to be fed if they were to survive.
Requests have been received for advice on the cheapest way to keep sheep alive. Drought feeding in any form is a gamble. There is always the risk that the stock will eventually die despite the consumption of much costly feed.
It follows that if an effort is to be made to save …
Autumn V Spring Shearing, W L. Mcgarry, I. K. Stott
Autumn V Spring Shearing, W L. Mcgarry, I. K. Stott
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
IN the agricultural areas of this State it is customary to shear in the late winter or spring, usually some time between July and September.
In an experiment conducted at Muresk Agricultural College during the past two years it has been shown that shearing in autumn (March) has resulted in more wool being produced with higher returns than when shearing at the conventional time.
Registered Stock Foods : Supplementary List, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Registered Stock Foods : Supplementary List, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
List of Registered Stock Feeds (Supplementry List
Foster-Mothering Of Calves, Maurice C. Cullity, K. W. Simes
Foster-Mothering Of Calves, Maurice C. Cullity, K. W. Simes
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
"SAVE those calves" is a slogan which has been used frequently in propaganda to reduce the slaughter of heifers when it is thought that the supply of replacement animals to our dairy herds might be unduly low.
Although there is no fear of this at present, the wastage of calves both heifers and bulls, in Western Australia is unduly large.
List Of Registered Stock Foods And Stock Licks 1960-61, H G. Cariss
List Of Registered Stock Foods And Stock Licks 1960-61, H G. Cariss
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
All foods for stock sold in Western Australia are required by the Feeding Stuffs Act, 1928-1951, to be registered annually with the Department of Agriculture.