Measurements of Curie temperature, magnetic moment and magnetostriction were made on Tb
.3Dy
.7(Fe
1-xT
x)
1.9where T = Co and Ni (

for Co and

for Ni). Alloys were prepared using a float zone technique, from which it was possible to grow oriented [112] crystallite samples for

(T = Co). The Curie temperature peaked near x = .25 (T = Co) and decreased with increasing x (T = Ni). For both alloy systems the room temperature magnetic moment decreased with increasing x. An increase in the rare earth contribution of the magnetostriction of 12% is predicted for the Co substituted alloys with values of x near .25. This increase was not confirmed by the magnetostriction measurements. A decrease in magnetostriction with increasing x was observed for all x. This may be due to a defected platelet structure in the oriented alloys (

), or a negative contribution to the magnetostriction from the Fe
1-xCo
xsublattice.