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Reviewed by

Dr. D. Bonrlott, Division of Land HeSOllrC(;S l1(lnagement, CSI1D, Priva.te DZl.C) P.O., \'lel1lbley, ~LrL 6014.

it i~; hoped will, with ';:imc, be !nodif.i.H) into, 01: spCl.'.\· n us able J i . - ; .l~fj'2!T'ent

to clccision-making.

Linear Prograll\ing (LP) is the II)05t widcJ.y used mo.tl)C'Jllc\tic,').l

manage ment tool. I have found six exercises . in the use of linear prograllUILi..ng

in Australian dairy farm studies. ThesG are Jensen's (1968) study of

dairy farm diversification at Cooroy in Queensland, nird's study of the

north coast of N. S. W. (Bird, 196D), the Bu:!."eau of Ag-r:Lcultuyal Econo,:nics

(Lindner/J3AE ) s1.:'Jdy of the possibili.ties of bel"< r production on da i ry

. farms in the Augusta - Mdr

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Bird incJjC~tt.ed tlwt there wa~j litt.le opportlmity . to .i.mproV2

thE! low income probl .. cm~; of the north COi.1SI: of N.S.I'l. either by cU""T\

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clair:," :tc:se:arch and (·,;:d e ns:Loil on thcnor Lh coa~'it. I'lontCfolflr; :ry' ~; V5ct:oricln

\\10rk inc]icatcd that. of the ninc t e en p i:l cldoc):,,; swnpled, (lbont. four ·,.'er e

I'lere over ·-fert.iliscd. Extrapol

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tri oj f:: •

~, ! '1 ' L.l.:csL \1}c;tXi·, ... J.i·l.n

eow model, v,'hich "is designed to cope \··).'i.·th t .h(J c:ompl :i.cc:U::':l ~c11. 2:1.'llin.9

. proble'tlS which invoJv,') the a8~;:i.c;n of d

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by d ut.:iLU:y[\mct,:"cm (DiU ( l ), 1 197.1)"

monoculture), oy rnClxirni.

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FU'J'ur ' ~ Pl ~ :~El\nCiI

as

adapc("d to dairy ing?" 0

we pIwl to give LP a tried. (in 2ssoci c:rt io:l \!ith b eth th e Ti:1i,;,C' :,-o .::: iLy

tool.

To me we must first: Jet:ermin,:::

(a) the f arme:c r s nee d for infonn C'ltiol1 (

(h) the prescnl:dtion of th e inform().t.ion to b2S 1:

purpose (i 01:; ., with thr,; mc::ssaeJGS on p:cofi:= ,,: ':i :~ i t y Clnd

unreliabilLl:y as clc:: i.lX 0.3 jus t:i.fic·c}).

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An Ll' solwticn co~~ t.:.~ abc''-!',' (,;? .., .. .

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--'C' ' ClF,S) , ,J, G~ (19G8). Alt.c,'cn,''(t:i,v (;'; in q,jiry .i..ndll ~~ t~ ,L-y adjusl:me nt il~ th e ;Car

D~2pClYtmc n 't: of l'vJ of I~('rnoul1i< ll l c1 C'G:is:i.on

39: 3-eO.

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cl p:c()-B ~cycs:i.on vicJ of modern devclo:cc:~·.cnt. s ..

J. AU:3t. In s i~ '~(lE2~c::...~:ci.. f 34 : 121-- C) •

Economics. 37: 121-9 . ------

PO\'ffiLL, R.A., and HAHD!'IKER, ,} . B .(1970). 1\ replYrHcvi::.~ of !~~~~:('~~= ing

38: 1 47'-8 .

sm·:r:LL r P.L., W:STClm AUSTW\LJ1\]\; DEP,7\1(THT:NT OF i , ClnCUl.'nl}';E OFFICt;FS . f

und BENN1~'l"1'.- D.(197!1). }\odclling m'iJk proc1ucL :i.on.

So c ; 1\.I1 i rn . Pr od. 10: 391.

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of DIil

Etc.:t.i O:(1~5 Bu1.1eh.il No. 7 Ll,i:) •