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The increase in home consumption of all meat 

 and agricultural produce is a feature in Australia 

 as elsewhere, and the cultivation of fruit in Tas- 

 mania and in other States is now on a considerable 

 scale. The large proportion of urban to rural 

 population also repeats a feature which has been 

 noticed in Argentina and Canada. 



Undoubtedly, Australia could immensely in- 

 crease the output of her wheat, meat and dairy 

 produce. Transport and population are her 

 most crying needs. Till there are some clearer 

 indications than at present that these will be 

 forthcoming British farmers need not anticipate 

 any considerable competition from that quarter. 



INDIA. 



India's agriculture in the popular mind is 

 connected chiefly with wheat, cotton and tea. 

 We are at present concerned with wheat and 

 cotton, in the shape of cotton seed cake and other 

 oil seeds and feeding stuffs. 



The variety of climate in the vast areas com- 

 prised in India is such that every stage in 

 the growth of the wheat crop can be seen going on 

 at the same time. In the principal wheat areas, 

 the crop is sown from October till November and 

 reaped in March and April. 



