Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2025

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Volume 10, issue 4, 1983

A simulation model for a swine breeding unit producing feeder pigs pp. 193-211

M. A. Allen and T. S. Stewart

A model for evaluating lamb production systems pp. 213-244

J. France, H. D. St. C. Neal, D. W. Probert and G. E. Pollott

A body composition model for predicting beef animal growth pp. 245-256

O. J. Loewer, E. M. Smith, K. L. Taul, L. W. Turner and N. Gay

Agricultural co-operation: Malcolm Sargent. Gower, 1982. viii + 156 pp. Price: [pound sign]14[middle dot]50 pp. 257-258

F. D. Mills

Volume 10, issue 3, 1983

The growth curve of animals pp. 133-147

C. Aguilar, C. Friedli and R. Canas

A simulation model of a breeding ewe flock pp. 149-189

D. H. White, P. J. Bowman, F. H. W. Morley, W. R. McManus and S. J. Filan

Nitrogen cycling in south-east Asian wet monsoonal ecosystems: Westselaar, R., Simpson, J. R. and Rosswall, T. (Editors), Australian Academy of Science, Canberra. 1981. vii + 216 pp. Price: Au $25 (Hardcover) + Au $3 postage (overseas) Au $1[middle dot]50 inland pp. 191-192

R. S. Tayler

Smallholder farming systems with yam in the Southern Guinea Savannah of Nigeria: Diehl, Lothan. G.T.Z. Publications 126. 1981.13 + 340 pp. Price not stated pp. 192-192

R. S. Tayler

Volume 10, issue 2, 1983

Economics of feeding corn silage versus corn grain to beef steers as affected by interest rates, liquidity preference and opportunity cost of capital pp. 65-74

C. Pope and Earl O. Heady

Duck egg production systems in West Java pp. 75-86

R. J. Petheram and Ashari Thahar

Ruminant feeding systems in West Java, Indonesia pp. 87-97

Ashari Thahar and R. J. Petheram

Identification and selection of technology for a specific agricultural region: A case study of sheep husbandry and dryland farming in the northern Negev of Israel pp. 99-125

I. Spharim and N. G. Seligman

Small farm weed control: An annotated bibliography: Compton, J. A. F. Intermediate Technology Development Group, International Plant Protection Centre, 1982, 170 pp. Price (soft-cover): [pound sign]6[middle dot]00 pp. 127-128

R. S. Tayler

Guide to sources for agricultural and biological research: Blanchard, J. R. and Farrell, L. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1981, 735 pp. Price (hard-cover): [pound sign]33[middle dot]25 pp. 128-130

J. L. Jollans

Plant growth regulators: Agricultural uses: Nickell, L. G. Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, 1981, 144 pp. Price: US$20[middle dot]20 pp. 128-128

R. S. Tayler

Computers in farming--Millstone or milestone: Study No. 1, Farm Management Unit, University of Reading, 1981, 70 pp. Price: [pound sign]3[middle dot]50 pp. 130-131

G. H. Jackson

Volume 10, issue 1, 1983

Microprocessor controlled low-temperature corn drying system pp. 1-19

G. S. Mittal and L. Otten

Post-harvest quality control strategies for fruit and vegetables pp. 21-37

J. E. Holt, D. Schoorl and I. F. Muirhead

A stochastic simulation model for evaluating forage machinery performance pp. 39-63

Noel Russell, Robert A. Milligan and Eddy L. LaDue

Volume 9, issue 4, 1982

The traditional system of oil palm wine production in Igbo Eze local government area of Anambra state of Nigeria pp. 239-253

O. Okereke

Changes in the technology of harvesting timber in the United States: Some implications for labour pp. 255-266

Jeffrey C. Stier

Using a programmable calculator for rationing pregnant ewes pp. 267-279

J. France, H. D. St C. Neal and G. E. Pollott

Modelling seasonal grain sorghum yields in subtropical Australia pp. 281-300

M. R. Heslehurst

A mathematical model for the joint metabolism of nitrogen and energy in cattle pp. 301-324

L. J. Koong, K. H. Falter and H. L. Lucas

Plant science: An introduction to world crops: By J. Janick, R. W. Schery, F. W. Woods and V. W. Ruttan (3rd ed.). W. H. Freeman & Co., viii+868 pp. 1981. Price: [pound sign]15[middle dot]60 pp. 325-328

E. H. Roberts

Volume 9, issue 3, 1982

A yield prediction model for Florida sugarcane pp. 161-179

Jose Alvarez, Donald R. Crane, Thomas Spreen and Gerald Kidder

A test of a maize growth and development model, CORNF pp. 181-197

A. D. Wright and M. E. Keener

A model of the life cycle of sheep nematodes and the epidemiology of nematodiasis in sheep pp. 199-225

A. P. L. Callinan, F. H. W. Morley, J. H. Arundel and D. H. White

An analysis of the efficiency of the UK food system pp. 227-236

Stephen J. Fallows and J. Verner Wheelock

Linking research to crop production: Staples, R. C. and Kuhr, R. J. (Editors), Plenum Press, New York, 1980. 235 pp. Price: US$ 29[middle dot]50 pp. 237-239

Lynnette J. Peel

Volume 9, issue 2, 1982

Editorial pp. 81-82

C. R. W. Spedding

Modelling the determinants of grassland stocking rates on dairy farms in England and Wales pp. 83-95

C. J. Doyle

Evaluation of new technology on farms: Methodology and some results from two crop programmes at CIAT pp. 97-112

J. H. Sanders and J. K. Lynam

Graphical analysis of annual crop response to fertiliser application pp. 113-126

H. van Keulen

Optimising aquaculture management of a single-species fish population pp. 127-142

Hovav Talpaz and Yacov Tsur

A comparative study of the energy budget of hill agro-ecosystems with emphasis on the slash and burn system (JHUM) at lower elevations of North-Eastern India pp. 143-154

O. P. Toky and P. S. Ramakrishnan

Terrestial Nitrogen cycles: Processes, ecosystems strategies and management impacts: Clark, E. E. and Rosswall, T. (Editors). Proceedings of an International Workshop. Ecological Bulletins No. 33, 1980 pp. 156-157

R. S. Tayler

Biological efficiency in agriculture: Spedding, C. R. W., Walsingham, J. M. and Hoxey, A. M. Academic Press, London. 1981. 383 pp. Price: [pound sign]12[middle dot]80 (UK only) (US$31[middle dot]00) pp. 157-158

W. Holmes

Research digest 1980: Report on the Institute for Land and Water Management Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands. ICW. vi+229 pp 28 Tables, 118 Figs pp. 158-159

P. J. Radford

Soil erosion and reservoir sedimentation in Lesotho: Chakela, Qalabane K., Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, Uppsala (UNGI Rapport 54). 1981 pp. 159-160

Stephen Nortcliff

Volume 9, issue 1, 1982

Food production and consumption in a Fijian village and an Indian settlement in the Sigatoka Valley, Fiji pp. 1-13

S. Chandra

A location-allocation model for the Nigerian oil palm industry assuming an infinite location space pp. 15-27

O. C. Ademosun and David H. Noble

The costs and benefits of pregnancy diagnosis in dairy cows: A simulation model pp. 29-34

Joyce Boneschanscher, A. D. James, A. J. Stephens and R. J. Esslemont

Statistical estimates of optimal protein for beef feeding rations pp. 35-41

Francis Epplin and Earl O. Heady

Technical and economic criteria in agricultural production: A case for a systems approach to farm decision-making in the Pakistan Punjab pp. 43-55

Tahir Rehman

Energy flow through a village ecosystem with slash and burn agriculture in North-eastern India pp. 57-72

B. K. Mishra and P. S. Ramakrishnan

Environmental protection and biological forms of control of pest organisms: Lundholm, B. and Stackerud, M. (Editors). Ecological Bulletin No. 31. Swedish Natural Science Research Council, Stockholm, Sweden. 1980. Price: Skr 110 (US$25.00) pp. 73-74

H. F. van Emden

Simulation of assimilation, respiration and transpiration of crops: de Wit, C. T. et al. Pudoc, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 1978. 141 pp. price: Dfl. 22[middle dot]50 pp. 74-75

J. Elston

Animal agriculture: Research to meet human needs in the 21st century: Pond, W. G., Markel, R. A., McGilliard, L. D. and Rhodes, V. J. (Editors). Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, 1980. Price: US$20[middle dot]00 pp. 75-77

J. C. Bowman

The world food book. An A-Z atlas and statistical source book: Crabbe, David and Lawson, Simon. Kogan Page Ltd, 120 Pentonville Road, London N1 9JN, Great Britain, 1981. 240 pp. Price: [pound sign]14[middle dot]50 pp. 77-77

J. G. W. Jones

Monitoring systems for agricultural and rural development projects: Clayton, E. and Petry, F. (Editors). Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome. 1981. Price: US$10[middle dot]80 pp. 78-79

J. L. Jollans