Australia: The Dairy Country. 



A well-established Dairy Farm, New South Wales Coast. 



better methods. In the first place breeders will be assured of 

 markets for all the pigs produced, and, secondly, the differences in 

 values of prime baconers will direct more attention to the greater 

 profits for this class of produce. 



That there is opportunity for a great increase in pig raising is 

 shown by the fact that Great Britain pays annually to foreign 

 countries $91,200,000.00 for pig products. Statistics show that two 

 great sources of supply to the British market (United States and 

 Canada) are gradually but surely declining, and before long must 

 cease altogether on account of the rapid increase in population, and 

 the consequent increased food requirements in those countries, In 

 Denmark we cannot expect to see any great increase in production, 

 as the limit also has been nearly reached. Holland and Sweden are 

 the only other European countries from which we may anticipate 

 competition. The rapid growth of the population in Central Europe 

 increases the food requirements of those countries, where there is 

 already a short supply of animal foods generally. The present 

 condition of the industry shows that there is a possibility of the 

 Commonwealth building up a large export trade, even though local 

 demands are increasing, at prices which are higher than they were 

 ten or twelve years ago, when the number of pigs in the Common- 

 monwealth was scarcely a thousand head more than at the present 

 time.. At the Franco-British Exhibition the grand champion prize 

 against the world was secured by Australia for pig products in the 

 form of frozen pork, as well as in hams and bacon. 



Poultry-farming. The fact that Australian hens and ducks have 

 broken all records in laying competitions serves to indicate the suitabil- 

 ity of the country for poultry-raising. On general farms, where the 

 birds live on food that may otherwise be wasted, poultry are a source of 

 considerable profit. The opinion of the Scottish Commission was that 



