FOOD ON THE HOOF

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 51, Issue 3159, 19 August 1942, Page 3

FOOD ON THE HOOF

HUGE DROVING PROJECT GOING THOUSANDS OF MILES One of tine biggest movements of cattle in. Australian history is goinig on i'i)i the' north;-west* —32,000 head, of which, 12,000 arc headed 1 for Perth anid the rest for Queensland'. This is one of the instances of what is involved in Australian food distribution.. Wyndham has been, bombed by the Japanese or much of the shoe.

would have gone to the meati-wonks there. Before they .started, the beasts' w-ei\e inoculated against pleuro-pneumouia an,d| dipped and sprayed) to prevent the spread of tick, fever and buffalo fly. JWiells were repaired and constructed along the routes, a work particularly vital along the 750-mile Canning Stock Route, from Hall’s Creek to Miluna. At least 450 miles* of this route must be serviced by camels because. mo truck has ever passed over the whole of it. The season is* favourable and the feed is as good as has ever been ■se l en. / Australia’s most experienced stockmen are engaged ini the droxjng.. Some of the cattle will travel 2000 miles and will be months on the mo've.