Excerpt from The Standard Cyclopedia of Modern Agriculture and Rural Economy, Vol. 2: Aus-Bro Cattle and dairying. - The raising of cattle is also a most thriving industry in Australia. Little more than a century has passed since the modest beginnings of the present mammoth herds were made, the first governor of the Botany Bay convict settlement landing an initial consignment of stock which included 1 bull, 4 cows, and 1 calf. At the beginning of 1906 there were in the whole of Australia head of cattle, the value of which was computed at The eastern States have been quick during recent years to benefit by the development of the frozen-meat trade. Millions of acres in Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and other parts are still waiting to be utilized in the spread of the cattle trade. The extensive runs in Queensland ao commodate the lar est herds, whilst Victoria and the New Sout Wales river and coastal districts adapt themselves more particularly to dairying. The breeding studs in these parts of Australia are well established, every care having been taken in that respect from the inception of the cattle-raising industry, when pure Shorthorns and Ayrshires, Herefords, J er seys, and other animals selected from the fore most studs of Great Britain were introduced. All the Australian herds are of English and Scottish origin, and breeders maintain their vigour by the further importation of pedigree animals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.