
%0 Journal Article
%A Jardine, R 
%A O'Brien, S 
%A Frew, MV 
%T Relationship of wool production to stocking rate in Victoria
%J Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
%D 1975/06/01
%V 15
%N 74
%P 357-362
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9750357
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EA9750357 
%X Data from 14 stocking rate experiments, conducted over the period 1964-72, are used to derive a general relationship between wool production (W, kg sheep-1) and stocking rate (R, sheep ha-1), for the wool-growing areas of Victoria. This relationship is:       W  =  (2.10  +  1.11P  -  0.0045 C2)  -  (0.16  +  0.026 P  -  0.00054 C2). R, where P ('productivity', kg sheep-1) and C ('carrying capacity', sheep ha-1) characterise any particular locality in a given year. The relationship is shown to be in accord with a simple theoretical model. In addition, some comparative ewe-wether relationships are presented. 
