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OBLIGATION OF SCIENCE TO THE PASTORAL LENDS x 
Poop Requirements or Srock. : te Rept tant 
For maintenance and for production. Fodder COA a determine 
droughts. Relative importance of soil fertility and plant ae of proteins from 
feeding value of pastures. Mineral nutrition and the adequa viinited periods. 
different soureas, Commercial results of hand-feeding during limi 
BREEDS AND BREEDING. 
: sy: wae * ac fic yUrposes. 
Relative suitability of different breeds and their crosses fou a arrtrerice of 
Fundamental principles of breeding. Care of breeding stoc a eeethiseieadine 
breeding losses. Breed records. (It is to problems arising unde 
i 4 map Newie iis st exclusively 
that the practical man and the agricultural society have almo : 
given attention.) 
: Pests AND DIsEAsEs. CET eAT 
Investigation of stock diseases in regard to causes, Se aie inquiry. 
The work awaiting attention forms a large and most ETHOS ANAT x nodule, and 
and would deal with such vital matters ag blow-fly, cattle tick, worm ‘ ! 
tuberculosis, all of which cause enormou 
1s animal loss. 
STORAGE AND MARKETING. Sys, oath 
; “ c ; couring, shipping facili- 
Problems in canning, freezing, prepared articles, wool scourin Pps 
ties. Co-operative buyi 
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: Is: 
i a4 aganda by Av 
. ng and selling, tariffs, and foreign propage 
tralian agents, Market reports, 
The future development of the pastor 
ledge of those various subjects, and the 
puts that knowledge into practice, 
an organized campaign of rege; 
Industry must he instituted ag 
In Considering 
tion, 
x yon its know- 
al industry will depend upon neat a 
enterprise and age Tay that 
; Fares ves ay 
Under these circumstances, it Ba tl e pastoral 
eh and publicity work concerning the pas 
a matter of national obligation. 
this matter, it is ne 
re have already noted that tl 
exceeds 50,000,000, and an expenditi 
Provide a gum 
ee sol yatppmainin ings due pense of (propor, 
re annual gore Fee ater carat til 
ire of only 4d. per x pete arh f its 
‘mounting to £104,166 each year for systematic POR ean melee 
Problems and the dissemination of existing knowledge. As is well at serena 
Countries are Spending large amounts on agricultural education anc : Basie 
9.) the national bill of the United States of America on this aaa industry 
£12,000,000 Per annum, It is not a question of whether our pastoral industry 
can afford 
idating j , 5 in standard- 
LOlsp lcidating its many problems and in st 
end large sums in el i 
zing 4 ain : 3 Beis : r it can afford to 
w'8 its needs; it is ‘ national question to decide rather whether it can af 
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