Works in this collection were published by the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia.
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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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Bulletin No 4007 - Grasses in South Western Australia
J G. Paterson
IThe grasses comprise one of the world's largest families of flowering plants, with over 500 groups or genera containing well over 5000 individual types or species distributed throughout the world. About 125 groups have been recorded in Western Australia but it is probable that the ... Read more
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Bulletin No 4023 - Pasture plants of the Western Australian shrublands
D G. Wilcox and J G. Morrissey
The use of the shrubland pastures of Western Australia began in 1861 when Mr. W. Burges of the Bowes Station near Northampton sent a flock of sheep along the Greenough River to graze the country where Yuin station is today. Following his example, a number ... 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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Bulletin 4002 - Trickle irrigation for farms
K Cole
The continued demand for, and use of trickle irrigation is proof of the inherent potential and performance of this form of irrigation.
Originally it was used in glasshouses and nurseries but it is now widely adapted to orchards, vegetable and other horticultural small crops and ... 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.
