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relentless pursuit of the man on the land, and that wiser 

 counsels shall prevail to the end that methods may be em- 

 ployed to restore vitality to languishing rural industries ? 

 Australia should be able to provide a cheap meat supply for 

 its own people, and build up a larger and more prosperous 

 oversea trade in wool, meat, skins, and hides, but before this 

 can be accomplished the growing burden of taxation must be 

 lightened or better distributed, and the paramount importance 

 of the live-stock business generally recognised. 



Champion Shorthorn Cow, Cornflower 2nd, Brisbane 

 Show, Q., 1918 

 Exhibited by the Lomax Pastoral Co. 



A serious menace to which special attention deserves to be 

 drawn is the dispersal of high-class stud flocks and herds, 

 upon which foundation stock-raising has been built and must 

 be maintained. Without that foundation there can be no 

 substantial growth. On the contrary, flocks and herds will 

 deteriorate. Some States are noted for a special type of sheep, 

 and it is from the pure studs that drafts are continually drawn 

 to maintain the great wool trade and the growing meat export 

 business. These " types " can only be produced and kept to 

 standard on good inside country, but the imperative demands 



