io Australia: The Dairy Country. 



sible to the excellence of Australia as a dairyman's country. What 

 will happen when the average doubles itself, and attains, as it 

 surely will, the moderate figure of 500 gallons per annum?" 



A Phenomenal Growth. 



Starting out with splendid natural advantages a wide range of 

 soils of great fertility, indigenous grasses of high food value, and a 

 congenial climate the dairying industry in Australia has made 

 phenomenal strides. 



The establishment throughout the chief districts of co-operative 

 factories, owned and managed by the farmers themselves, and the 

 introduction of cold storage greatly stimulated its growth. During 

 the last decade its advancement has been remarkable. The Aus- 

 tralian dairy industry is based on the world's markets. Every year 

 the demand in various countries for Australian and other dairy and 

 farmyard products increases, and the large home market is also 

 expanding. 



The facilities for supervision, handling, and transportation are 

 improving, and Australian dairymen to-day obtain high prices in 

 both local and outside markets for their produce. It is stated that 

 in South Australia dairymen who delivered good cream were able 

 to secure from the factories an average of $0.22 per Ib. from the 

 butter made therefrom. 



The following table shows at once the advance of the dairying 

 industry (including poultry farming and bee culture) : 



TEN YEARS. 



FIVE YEARS. 



