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Government Assistance to the Farmer. 



Every branch of the producing interests is steadily fostered by 

 the Government of Victoria in a way that may sound strange to 

 the British farmer. Besides the facilities for acquiring farms and 

 homes, the Government employs dairy supervisors, who assist the 

 farmer with information and advice on matters relating to the farm; 

 and herd. The produce is conveyed by the railways (which belong: 

 to the Government) at special low rates. It is received into the 

 Government cool stores, where it is graded and frozen ready for 



" Miss Prim," Champion Ayrshire Cow. 



export. The State has contracts with the principal lines of steam- 

 ships, securing regular despatch, a minimum temperature, and a 

 very low rate of freight for the British markets. It costs less to send 

 butter from a farm in Victoria to London than it does to send it 

 from a farm in Ireland. 



QUEENSLAND. 



Queensland as a Dairying Country. 



Queensland, especially in its southern portions and along its- 

 coastal areas, is particularly well adapted for dairying. Large 

 areas of magnificent soil exist, such as the Darling Downs, Lockyer, 

 S lanky, Rosewood, Fassifern, Logan, Albert, Wide Bay, 

 Burnett, and other districts, which, in addition to being well 

 watered by rivers and creeks, enjoy a perfect winter climate. It 

 is in these localities that dairying principally flourishes. 



