Publication Date

24-8-1976

Document Type

Report

DPIRD Collections

Grains and field crops, Natural resources, Animal production and livestock

Publisher

Department of Agriculture

City

Perth

Abstract

In early August the Oombulgurri community requested assistance in the following terms.

"On behalf of the Oombulgurri Community, we invite assistance in developing the grain and pasture cropping at Oombulgurri. We have experimented with peanuts, sorghum, and many varieties of vegetables. This has tested the reality of hopes to expand acreage and varieties to become self-sufficient in stock feed. The Farm and Garden Guild now needs the expertise of your services to plan a four-year programme. vie need assistance in choosing from the many options, opinions and advices available from Australia and elsewhere, for grain production, pastures, methods appropriate to our geography, and machinery, to minimise expenditure and produce food for the stock expansion necessary to be self-sufficient in locally produced food for the town.

Our concerns so far have been to start poultry, pigs, goats and horses stocking to provide useful work for everyone and food „ ually increase production and decrease imports with the appropriate use of manpower, water and other resources. We believe we can produce stock feed locally and grad- We attach our initial estimates of need which includes an estimate of projected stocking and machinery needs as well as a list of what is on hand."

Number of Pages

32

Keywords

Rural areas, Oombulgurri Community (W.A.), Agriculture, Land capability, Land use, Western Australia, North West region (W.A.), Wyndham region (W.A.)

Disciplines

Agribusiness | Agricultural Economics | Other Animal Sciences | Soil Science | Water Resource Management

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