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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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Bulletin 3929 - Irrigation in Western Australia
K S. Cole
Irrigation is essential in many parts of the world to produce essential food and profitable cash crops. Generally, those areas of land with less than 360 mm of rain spread over a distinct wet season of several months cannot grow crops for food or cash ... Read more
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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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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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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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Bulletin 3933 - Trickle irrigation for home gardens
K Cole
The use of trickle irrigation in the home garden can save money, time and water.
Trickle irrigation is a concept first used in glasshouses in England, then applied to field crops in Israel and developed and refined in Australia and America. Today it is widely ... 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.
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Bulletin No 3867 - Water for agriculture. Clearing cloudy or coloured water
N. E. Platell
THE suspended material in most water supplies is generally clay, although sometimes organic matter and materials precipitated from solution, such as hydrated iron oxides, may be present. Coloured waters are those waters that are still coloured, due to dissolved coloured matter, after suspended material has ... Read more
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Some wildflowers of Western Australia
C. F. H. Jenkins and A. S. George
MUCH recent discussion on conservation has centred around the importance of wild flower reserves and the need for protecting one of thci State's most important tourist attractions. Although less important to visitors than the flowers, many of our wild animals hold equal interest for nature ... 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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