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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Keywords
Drought, Dry conditions, Western Australia
Disciplines
Climate | Environmental Monitoring | Meteorology
First Page Number
49
Last Page Number
53
ISSN
0021-8618
Abstract
The drought of 1969 ended an 11-year run of good seasons in the eastern and north-eastern wheatbelt. Good years usually have above average rainfall; wheat yields and pasture growth are greatly reduced if rains are well below average. Eighty years records show that half the years must be expected to be below average and about one-third could be well below. This area produces one-third of the State's wheat and has 9 per cent, of its sheep.
Recommended Citation
Burvill, George Henry
(1970)
"Dry season in the Eastern and North-Eastern wheatbelt,"
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 11:
No.
3, Article 2.
Available at:
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol11/iss3/2