AUSTRALIAN STOCK RAISING.
BRISBANE, June 7. Major Belcher (chairman of the Empire Exhibition Mission) emphasied the ▼alue of agriculture to trade development. He stated that it transcended all' other industries. While travelling from Albany to Brisbane, ho had not seen any decent cattle. They must cut out the scrub bull. Australia had the finest sheep in the world. They could land meat successfully in the Hom') markets, but failed to sell because it was not sufficiently advertised. He advised following America’s example of imposing a moderate tax of a shilling to 2/6 a head on cattle, for a fund t<_boost Australian products.
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Grey River Argus, 8 June 1922, Page 6
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102AUSTRALIAN STOCK RAISING. Grey River Argus, 8 June 1922, Page 6
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