Author: Rod Jones
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Keywords: press, landlinks, flowers, caring
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2001-03
List price: $35.95
ISBN-10: 0643066314
ISBN-13: 9780643066311

Shows florists and growers how to make cut flowers last longer.

Author: Sue Beeton
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Keywords: press, landlinks, tourism, development, community
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2006-09-15
List price: $43.95
ISBN-10: 0643069623
ISBN-13: 9780643069626

Community Development through Tourism examines the development of local communities through the healthy integration of community planning, business planning and tourism planning. It explores the most pertinent tourism and business theories, moving from strategic planning to community empowerment and practice. Research-based case studies are used to illustrate how things work in the real world, and the ways in which various theories can and have been applied.

Author: Murray Long
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Keywords: press, landlinks, sheep, stud, breeding
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2008-09
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0643094806
ISBN-13: 9780643094802

Many mistakes are made by new stud breeders and, in today’s climate, these can be expensive and ultimately result in a loss of enthusiasm for new breeders. This book explains all aspects of stud breeding, from the decision to establish a sheep stud through to purchasing breeding stock, advertising, promoting and selling stud stock.It shows how new initiatives such as performance recording, DNA testing and modern reproductive techniques can be integrated with the old, time-honored traditions of sheep breeding. It contains detailed step-by-step strategies covering all aspects of establishi

Author: Kate Luxmoore
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Keywords: press, landlinks, sports, equestrian, introduction
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2008-04
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0643094792
ISBN-13: 9780643094796

This is not another "how to ride" book, its purpose is to help parents and riders who are new to the world of equestrian sports or those changing from one type of competition to another.The major disciplines are covered in four separate chapters: hacking/showing, dressage,showjumping and eventing. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction to the discipline showing how it originated and its current status. A detailed description of the discipline follows including types and classes of horses, types and levels of competition, who runs the competitions, which rules apply and how the competiti

Author: Jerry Spencer
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Keywords: landlinks, press, australia, turf, sports, nutrition
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2009-01
List price: $80.00
ISBN-10: 0643095136
ISBN-13: 9780643095137

Nutrition of Sports Turf in Australia shows how to grow a healthy, stress-tolerant turf capable of withstanding high levels of wear. It covers the concepts and principles of plant growth and the function of primary and secondary nutrients, micronutrients and soil organic matter. The book goes on to show how to choose the correct fertilizer strategies for establishment and postestablishment phases for cool, transitional and warm season turf grasses throughout Australia.It contains a comprehensive treatment of all types of fertilizers including compound NPK, slow release liquid, nitrification an

Author: David Hinton
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Keywords: landlinks, press, sheep, flock, small, running
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2006-09-15
List price: $43.95
ISBN-10: 0643092757
ISBN-13: 9780643092754

Running a Small Flock of Sheep uses a step-by-step approach and has been written for small-scale sheep farmers and inexperienced people considering a rural life-style change. It will prepare the reader for each procedure and event on a sheep farm. The book begins with an introduction to the basic principles and procedures of sheep farming and the economics and required farm infrastructure for different sheep enterprises. There are chapters on handling techniques, the obligations of owners, and laws and regulations covering the welfare of sheep. The remainder of the text deals with sheep husban

Author: John Moran
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Keywords: landlinks, press, guide, practical, rearing, calf
Number of Pages: 228
Published: 2002-10-15
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0643067663
ISBN-13: 9780643067660

Calf Rearing is recognised as one of the most informative and accessible guides on the subject, covering growth, nutrition, health and behaviour, with descriptions of various calf raising systems and facilities. John Moran, an expert in the field, also gives considerable coverage to calf welfare, post weaning management and calf communication. Practical economic information on feedstuffs, labour requirements and losses is provided to assist producers in selecting the most appropriate calf rearing system for their farms.