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Varieties of cheese
T A. Morris
While Cheddar cheese is by far the main type as far as English speaking countries are concerned, it is only one of a large number of varieties of cheese which are becoming more universal in production and consumption. In other than English speaking countries Cheddar ... Read more
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Bulletin 3967 - Cyanogenetic plants of Western Australia
T E H Aplin
This article deals with those native, naturalized and cultivated plants, which by virtue of contained cyanogenetic glycosides, are known to be poisonous or potentially poisonous to livestock in Western Australia.
Cyanogenetic glycosides are chemical compounds which contain a cyanogen (cyanide) radical combined with a sugar ... Read more
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A report on erosion and range condition in the West Kimberley area of Western Australia
A L. Payne, A Kubicki, D G. Wilcox, and L C. Short
Nearly 30 per cent (26 700 sq. kilometres) of the West Kimberley survey area is in bad range condition. Nearly 51 per cent (45 400 sq. kilometres) of the area is in fair range condition. Nearly 20 per cent (17 500 sq. kilometres) of the ... Read more
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Review of Random Sample Egg Laying Tests in W.A. - 1957 to 1975
R J. Bishop
The First W.A. Random Sample Laying Test commenced at the Poultry Research Station, Herdsman Lake in 1957. Every year since that date to 1975 a new test has been conducted up to the Eighteenth Test, which was the last test conducted by the Department of ... Read more
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Bulletin No 3988 - Farm beef butchering
Western Australian Department of Agriculture
Killing and dressing beef on the farm can considerably reduce costs of meat and be very convenient. However practice is necessary for professional results, and some means of storage of the large quantity of meat is required. In a freezer, each litre of storage space ... Read more
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Bulletin 3955 - The Sheep skin industry in W.A.
H. E. Fels
The sheep skin industry is larger than most people realise. Its importance is shown by F.O.B. values of sheep skin exports from Australia in 1972/73, compared with sheep meats, wheat and iron ore,
F.O.B, values of exports - Australia, 1972/73
Sheep skins, with and without ... Read more
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Bulletin No 3966 - Vitamin A and animal health
J. Johnson
Vitamin A is one of the essential vitamins for animal health. Grazing animals obtain their vitamin A requirements mostly from the carotene in green feed. This carotene is converted to Vitamin A in the intestinal wall and is passed to the liver and to a ... Read more
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Bulletin No 3863 - Plants which cause Kimberley horse disease
A. L. Payne
Crotalaria crispata and Crotalaria retusa (Rattlepod), two plants responsible for Kimberley horse disease*, are, unfortunately, fairly widespread throughout the Kimberleys. Both species are apparently toxic in all stages of growth.
This bulletin is to assist pastoralists to:-
• Identify the two plants;
• Recognise the ... Read more
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Bulletin 3984 - Meat ducks in W.A.
T. J. Purling
While the duck industry in the Eastern States of Australia has used several breeds, Western Australia has until recently relied on the Muscovy. Most overseas countries with well developed meat duck industries have used the Muscovy only to a minor extent.
The Australian Pekin has ... Read more
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Care of the dairy goat
R Bettenay
This bulletin is designed as an introduction to dairy goat keeping.
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Bulletin No 3963 - Raising quail
P Smetana
Quail were first domesticated about a thousand years ago, but it was not until the beginning of this century that they were used for meat and egg production.
Commercial quail production is common in many parts of Asia, particularly where there are Chinese communities. In ... Read more
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Dairying in W.A.
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
Western Australia has a small dairy industry compared with its other rural production. However, the industry has consolidated over recent years.Tree clearing and pasture development on existing holdings and the amalgamation of small dairy farms has led to a rapid increase in the area of ... Read more
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Bulletin no 3883 - Dairying in W.A.
Western Australian Department of Agriculture
Western Australia has a small dairy industry compared with its other rural production. However, the industry has consolidated over recent years.
Tree clearing and pasture development on existing holdings and the amalgamation of small dairy farms has led to a rapid increase in the area ... Read more
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Bulletin No 3887 - Cattle yard construction
Western Australian Department of Agriculture
Good cattle yards allow animals to be handled quietly, safely and efficiently. If yards are well designed, animal uneasiness is minimised and so, too, are frayed tempers.
This bulletin outlines general points of cattle yard design and construction. There are many and varied cattle yard ... Read more
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Beef in W.A.
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
There are four major regions of beef production in Western Australia, each suited to its own type of husbandry. In such a large area, climate plays an important part in limiting production off pasture and this is reflected in the different patterns of production that ... Read more
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Bulletin No 3861 - Kimberley Research Station - Progress report 1972
J. R. McAlpine, R. H. Gunn, P. Jakobsen, R. Wetselaar, J. J. Basinski, N. J. Thomson, A. G. L. Wilson, D. H. Mackenzie, A. J. Millington, D. F. Beech, P. C. Owen, B. G. Williams, C. G. Blunt, and A. McR Holm
The systematic investigations of the potential of the Ord area for irrigated farming began during the Second World War when the possibilities of damming the river were first examined, initial soil survey was carried out, and agricultural experiments started. The Kimberley Research Station was established ... Read more
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Bulletin No 3609 - Land development in the South Eastern Wheatbelt
G T. Halpin and P. Nelson
Interest in the development of light lands in the south-eastern wheatbelt was spurred by the many ex-servicemen seeking farms after the 1939-45 World War.
Previous attempts to develop this area had been frustrated by poor crop yields, and by the poor carrying capacity of those ... Read more
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Bulletin No 3547 - Kimberley Research Station - Progress report 1968
Western Australian Department of Agriculture
Rivers flowing to the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Timor Sea have been estimated by hydrologists to carry about three times the water transported annually over the Murray drainage system and the South Eastern slopes which, together, comprise the highly settled agricultural areas of South ... Read more
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Bulletin No 3410 - Design of dairy premises
A. L. Hamilton and F. J. Fielder
CONDITIONS in the dairy industry are changing rapidly.
There is a trend towards larger and more convenient milking sheds. Farmers have accepted that economic production is possible only with relatively large herds; they are thinking bigger than before. The aim is for herds of 100 ... Read more
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