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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Keywords
Beef cattle, Beef production, Western Australia. --Dept. of Agriculture. --Wongan Hills Research Station
Disciplines
Agricultural Economics | Beef Science | Comparative Nutrition
First Page Number
432
Last Page Number
442
ISSN
0021-8618
Abstract
Progress report on a farm scale beef-raising investigation at the Department of Agriculture's Wongan Hills Research Station.
A SMALL herd of beef cattle was established at Wongan Hills Research Station in 1964 and the first crop of calves was dropped in the autumn of 1965. The calves' growth rates were recorded and they were marketed as 18-month-old steer beef in November, 1966.
Recommended Citation
Barker, D J. and Cariss, H. G.
(1967)
"Beef production in a 14 inch rainfall district,"
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 8:
No.
10, Article 7.
Available at:
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol8/iss10/7