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Lot Feeding Of Beef Cattle. 3. Facilities Required For A Feed Lot, W J O Wilkie
Lot Feeding Of Beef Cattle. 3. Facilities Required For A Feed Lot, W J O Wilkie
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
MANY THINGS must be considered in planning a feed lot.
The site must be well chosen, fencing, gates and yards must be adequate for the cattle carried and feeding and watering facilities should be of a high standard.
Other things to consider are the provision of shelter and shade for the cattle and buildings for feed storage and other purposes.
How To Measure The Capacity Of Farm Dams, G Gauntlett
How To Measure The Capacity Of Farm Dams, G Gauntlett
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
AT some time or another nearly every farmer needs to be able to measure the capacity of an ordinary farm dam of the "excavated earth tank" type and many requests are made for a method of calculating this volume.
This article describes how this can be done.
Contour Planting For Hillside Orchards. Part 1, N H. Shorter
Contour Planting For Hillside Orchards. Part 1, N H. Shorter
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
FRUIT growers intending to plant an orchard on sloping land, would be well advised to consider the suitability of the block for planting on a contour system.
The Starling, John L. Long
The Starling, John L. Long
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Despite their pretty colour and their song, starlings cannot be considered beneficial, especially in the fruit and grain-growing areas of W.A. where they are declared vermin.
MILLIONS of starlings inhabit the settled parts of eastern and south-eastern Australia, but so far they have not reached Western Australia.
Kimberley Research Station Progress Report, 1964 : Climate, Jan Jerzy Basinski, E. A. Fitzpatrick, W. R. Stern
Kimberley Research Station Progress Report, 1964 : Climate, Jan Jerzy Basinski, E. A. Fitzpatrick, W. R. Stern
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
A review of recent research in climate, soils, tropical crops and pastures, weeds, insect pests and cattle husbandry at the Kimberley Research Station.
EXTENSIVE climatic data are recorded at the Station and analysed in relation to crop performance, irrigation requirements, and farm management practices.