Works in this collection were published by the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia.
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Land resource survey of Rottnest Island - an aid to land use planning
P A. Hesp, M R. Wells, B H R Ward, and J R H Riches
This report provides a description of the landforms, soils and vegetation of Rottnest Island. In addition, it provides a discussion of the relative capability of each of the landforms of the island to sustain various forms of development. The primary objective of this work is ... Read more
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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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Eucalypts of Western Australia
C A. Gardner and T E.H. Alpin
The series Trees of Western Australia, which appeared in The Journal of Agriculture of Western Australia, was commenced in 1952 by Charles Austin Gardner, Government Botanist and Curator of the Western Australian Herbarium from 1929 to1960. Until his death in 1970 Gardner published in 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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The Avocado and its potential in Western Australia
M G. Hawson
This bulletin summarises the background of the avocado and its requirements for growth and production of fruit in Western Australia, and considers its economic potential.
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Raising dairy herd replacements from weaning to calving
R Bettenay
The way heifer replacements are reared from weaning to calving can affect their ability to get in calf and to grow to a reasonable size. Under extreme conditions it can impair their lifetime yield. Because the culling rate of cows from dairy herds is usually ... 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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Poison plants of Western Australia : the toxic species of the genus Gastrolobium and Oxylobium.
T E H Aplin
The toxic species of the genera Gastralobium and Oxylobium are a unquie group of poison plants whch have cause considerable economic loss to stock-raisers in Western Australia ever since early days of settlement.
