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  An introduction to the soils of the Moora advisory district

  T C. Stoneman and National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)

  With descriptions, illustrations and notes on eight common soils.
  

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  An introduction to the soils of the Three Springs advisory district

  T C. Stoneman and National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)

  With descriptions, illustrations and notes on seven common soils.
  

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  An introduction to the soils of the Esperance advisory district

  T C. Stoneman, Tim D. Overheu, P G. Muller, and National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)

  With descriptions, illustrations and notes on seven common soils.

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  Trees for windbreaks on swan coastal plain farms

  Leon English; Ken Angell; and Metropolitan District Office, Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia

  Strong easterly and south-westerly winds are a feature of the Swan Coastal Plain and we receive frequent inquiries about which tree species are suitable for planting as windbreaks. When selecting trees for windbreaks you must match the species to the various soil types which occur ... Read more

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  Forage shrubs and grasses for revegetating saltland

  H V. Runciman and C V. Malcolm

  Salt tolerant shrubs and grasses are used for forage production from salt-affected farmland. This Bulletin is designed to assist in recognition of the important species in Western Australia and to provide information on their use. The species listed have more forage value than some natural ... Read more

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  A range inventory and condition survey of part of the Western Australian Nullarbor Plain

  R B. Hacker, R C. McCarthy, and A A. Mitchell

  The area surveyed covers approximately 47 400 square kilometres. The area is described in terms of climate, geomorphology, soils, vegetation, land zones and land systems. Condition statements are presented for each land zone, each land system and each station property within the survey area. Nineteen ... Read more

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  Plain wire fencing for pastoral lands

  A McR Holm

  The need to fence for efficient livestock control was recognised early in the history of the pastoral industry in Western Australia. Fence design, materials and layout have all undergone many changes since the 1880s. Modern fences have 4 or 5 strands of high tensile light ... Read more

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  Serradella, subterranean clover and medic research, Esperance, Western Australia

  Michael D A Bolland

  Strains of O. compressus which originate from Paros in southern Greece were the earliest flowering serradellas tested. They consistently produced amongst the highest seed yields, are relatively hard-seeded and are worthy of further investigation for deep sands and very acid soils in low rainfall areas. ... Read more

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  Residual value of rock phosphate fertilizers

  J W. Bowden and Michael D A Bolland

  The residual value of Christmas Island C-grade ore, 500 degrees C heated (calcined) C-grade ore (Calciphos), and superphosphate was measured in three experiments. Plant yield, and bicarbonate-soluble phosphorus extracted from the top 10 cm of soil were used to indicate the effectiveness of the four ... Read more

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  An inventory and condition survey of rangelands in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

  A L. Payne, G F. Spencer, and P J. Curry

  The inventory and condition survey of rangelands in the Carnarvon Basin, undertaken by the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia (DAFWA) between 1980 and 1982, describes and maps the natural resources of the region’s pastoral leasehold land. This survey report provides a baseline record ... Read more

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  The Taarblin experience : a planned approach to soil conservation

  Greg Astbury, Owner/Manager of Taarblin and Tim Negus

  Many farms in Western Australia were cleared and developed before there was a full and clear understanding of the effects of bush clearing - that is salinization of soil and water supplies, wind and water erosion, waterlogging and soil structure decline. The productive capacity and ... Read more

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  Plant collections for saltland revegetation and soil conservation

  A J. Clarke, T C. Swaan, and C V. Malcolm

  In 1967, during an overseas plant exploration trip, seeds of plants of reputed salt tolerance and forage value were obtained from seven countries. Since 1971, over 600 plants have been added to the original collection of 343 plants already under observation for suitability for forage ... Read more

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  Naturalised subterranean clover strains of Western Australia

  W J. Collins and John S. Gladstones

  A description is given of the characteristics and distributions of 115 distinct naturalized strains of subterranean clover. Approximately three-quarters of the strains appeared from their distributions to have been introduced and to have spread in their present forms, while the remainder, which are individually of ... Read more

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  Registered cultivars of subterranean clover : their origin, identification and potential use in Western Australia.

  W. J. Collins, B J. Quinlivan, and C M. Francis

  The annual species subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.) is the most important pasture legume in Western Australia. In addition to providing nutrious feed for livestock, it is an important source of nitrogen for non-leguminous species in pastures for the State's ceral crops.

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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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  Wheatbelt salinity : a review of the salt land problem in South Western Australia

  C V. Malcolm

  Historical overview,Cause and nature of the salt problem, salt in rainfall, soils, topography and hydrology, effect of land use, Salt movement and accumulation on soil and groundwater, treatments for saltland, catchment measures, reclamation, re vegetation.

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  Soil potential for groundnut production at Kununurra, Western Australia : report of a survey conducted in January 1979

  J C. Dixon and Richard J. Petheram

  Production of groundnuts in trials on irrigated Cockatoo Sands near Kununurra have been sufficiently encouraging for a soil survey to be requested of three small areas possibly suitable for commercial release. It was anticipated that between 1 000 and 1 200 ha would be necessary ... 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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  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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  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.