OBLIGATION OF SCIENCE TO THE PASTORAL INDUSTRY. 
i i i i -eding the war, and 
The period taken for comparison is that immediately preceding , 
the figures indi 
icate gross returns from the different STAN re See 
noted that the labour involved in pastoral production is less than in any 
a fC . i vill in an 
- branch of industry, it becomes apparent that improved methods here v 
especial measure go to enhance the national income. 
: : ' S22 
Pastoral, 
Manufacturing, Agriculture, Mining, Dairying, Forestry or Fisheries, 
27 per cont. 23 per cont. 21 percent. 12 percont. 9 per cent. 2} per cent. 
Of the total production in the 
would expect, is exported to ot 
amounted to £41,436 
Www? 
d F Th ne 
pastoral industry, the major portion, eens 
her countries. In 1913 the value of these ca bare 
861, which was equal to just over 52 per cent. of the agg 
Total E. xporls from Australia 
Pastoral, 53 Per cent All other, #8 per cent. 
gate value of all exports from Australia in the same year. The ice bessatitet us 
indicates (a) the nature of the chief pastoral products exported, (b) their values, 
and (c) their yal 
ues in terms per cent. of the total pastoral exports for the 
year :— 
Narore anny Varun OF THE Privotpan PastoraL PRropucrs EXPoRTED FROM 
AUSTRALIA IN 1913, 
a fa 
Value. | 
Exyorts. Ratpercentnuetol 
Actual. Pastoral Exports. 
£ 
All Pastoral Exports i) “ ate 41,436,861 100 
Including — 
Frozen Beef .., an een Be. 2,652,144 6.4 
Frozen Mutton and Lamb ie se 2,896,292 ‘ 0 
Tinned and Potted Meat, &e. |. x 1,266,030 3 : 
Tallow oe ~ if a, 2,157,610 5:2 
Hides a He ie “ 1,418,191 34 
Sheep Skins |. ot hy i 2,480,900 6-0) 
Wool - a Se vn 26,268,214 63-4 
a - 
The items enum 
erated here made up nearly 95 per cent. of the total pastoral 
¢Xports, and the figures indicate the 
into details, it is 
Ir relative importance. Looking pape 
ete apparent that sheep products formed about 86 per cent. oe oa 
otal, and of these wool formed by far the largest item, Wool, indeed, forms Aus 
‘ one of those commodities for which Baa 
dvantages in production when it comes to eon geiahty 
on the markets of the world. No other country has eve 
r of sheep. 
Etre clearly 
erio , a 
with the a Pp Yr natural a 
h aple product 
carried an equal numbe 
ay) 
