Some ten years ago whilst residing in New. Zealand reports of a land of locusts and wild honey in. Manchuria reached us. Our countrymen fare. keen pastoralists and any posstblilty of their using their practical experience in. some, new country wing scope for stock-raising larger and more comprehensive lines than that in the Dominion, where the polley of the Government is to break up large estates, naturally appeals to those, who are anxious to extend and pioneer. Several feelers way consists of 850 pages and one of the largest produced by any country and by one so compara tively "young, there are only five ages devoted to live stock farming A. visitor who is studying the political or economic' issues can Secure abundant information by war of this year book, bulletins, pamphets and brochures, yet for my own Durposes there was very little to be igested from its written page.
Misspent Funds were sent out by—sheepbreeders without any definite results, In the capital Hsinking (Changchun) the agricultural offices are New Zealanders are now spread all over Patagonia and the Argen-mostly located in old "buildings situated In side streets which are me, In most cases occupying posltions as managers of the estancias. cut to pieces by the trample. The principal officers of the various de-Some have acquired tracts of land and are farming these with their artments are spending a considerable time travelling to locate disown resources, The Falkland Isler tricts where various "activities are have been developed a great deal to be started, though' In-view of the by the New Zealand colonists and statement by the Capital Construction, the Darling Downs in Queensland attracted quite a number of farmers Bureau "Agriculture is the Malnstay across the Tasman Ses of our National Economy," Iwas On corresponding with a friend in amazed that more was not heard of the pastoral side.
China T was told" that Manchuria was not a place for anyone to settle 'The feverish construction _of fu, banditry and Insecurity of tenure buildings which are not. revenue would prevent any definite propre reducing will surely" limit the Subsequent events within the. Inst expenditure on live' stock and few years have prevented any fur-agriculture, ther "Investigations until last year.
Granted that administration build: ings are necessary. the great fundamental need in' Manchuria, to-'Japan who has been and still so large Say, is the improvement of existing buyer of raw wool from the Southern conditions in primary production on Hemisphere is not ever likely to be the land, especially in live stock. sheep raising country, while Mongo-Ma ts noted for its' production Work of the SIR. wool used primarily In carpet manu-'The work done by the South' facture," To investigate what the Manchurian Railway cannot be ove future held for the development of estimated. This company has a sheep raising on an enlarged scale splendid ° farm at Kung-chu-ling visited both Manchuria and Korea. where all classes of agricultural The opinions expressed of experiments are carried out.
Impressions formed. are as through the eyes of a New Zealand par-Shorthorn cattle imported from] toralist, surveying a now country In Canada and the United States were which primary "industries such ax in the pink of condition, being sheep and cattle raising could be housed on "the intensive " system: carried on in similar manner to that There being a, prepondency of the practised in his own country. male sex, T asked the manager the On arrive at Dairen It was not many minutes before I was. fully were lent out to farmers to Improve reason and he Informed me. they aware that the South Manchuria the existing stock. This Is a step Railway was the big factor. Whilst along the right lines. in Dairen T visited the largest dairy Experimental plots of grasses and farm in Dairen, 'It was most cap: small acreages of such pasture on ably managed and the' owner has which sheep were being herded five such others in Manchuria, small flocks of 50 can be seen. The farm has been crossing the native sheep with the Merino but. the 'The three in Dairen have been Fesult would far from satisfy any constructed under great difficulties experienced sheep breeder. A. great tone being built on a series of deal more has to be done before terraces, guarried out' of rocky sheep can be bred into hillsides. Every available bit wool and mutton pro-arable land was under cultivation ducer and T doubt if the Merinos are In lucerne and fodder crops, the ideal cross. I was constantly 'Whole hillsides had been terraced Informed about the "severe winter ard apple trees planted, the manure Dut pointed out that our' country from the cowsheds being curted uD (NZ) was not one of eternal spring the precipitous hillsides to the fruit and that a large proportion of our trees. a colossal undertaking to. the sheep wintered Inthe mountain uninitiated forelgmer. The dairy Fanges with constant falls of snow. cattle were in splendid condition, fand included imports from world Plenty of Fodder famed breeding herds. The. young The land appears to be eminently stock housed "on a separate farm suitable for sheep and tattle rais-were in splendid condition, the man ing, if anything too rich for purely in charge seeming to have his grazing. Stil, there Is the consolawhole heart' in the care" of his tion that It grows to perfection, the charges. summer months to supply any short-'The milk is collected from the age in the winter, farms and taken to a central. pasteurising depot where it is. bottled Manchuria does not present any for distribution. Small bottles "with rear difficulties in the way of sheep cork seal cap are sold for ten Taising. In reality the need i, even sen, homogenized and Jersey (rich if pure bred or crossbred shee in cream) mille are sold at twelve from other countries are imported. ken a bottle. Included in the plant the presence of experienced stock-ice cream machine. "The owner men. These men would soon adapt has other farms in Mukden and themselves to climatic conditions Antung, run on similar lines. and prove of immense assistance to those engaged in the industry.
Breeding Programme Conditions in Korea Under the capital construction plan of the Governmet of Manchott-Hearing that Korea had recently. no the following toms of Interest Imported some sheep I visited that were outlined:—section. In Korea the Government 'The "improvement of the existing General have also comprehensive reeds of horses by Introducing' Arabs, schemes to develop the wool Indus-Angto-Arabe and other superior. strains with "an object. of "attaining 2000.00 try. Some 2,600 sheep had been elected arum Imported from Australia as @ nucleus not the Merino to for cross-breeding with the Mongo-Improve the existing stock of sheep. At Man stock and it was hoped feast 4,000.00" of the present species 10 obtain 100.000 within ten' years.
replaced by an improved variety.
Public stock farms are being started Cattle. to be Increased by "selecting for the improvement. and distribu-200.000 head "and. improving these By tion of stock while farms under importing approved breeds.
"Hogs to be Improved by) Introducing private management and official supervision are to be encouraged by: In general, live stock hygiene wat fAnonelal assistance. to be established and pastures im-'The Government General had received numerous applications for ly such a programme would bbe looked at chylously by any stock the sale of tee grant lands and large Japanese firms were among raising country wishing to export, the principal applicants. An area In the process of construction very of 3,300,000 acres in North and Uttle Is heard of these Important South Kankyo and North Heian projects. For instance In the Man-provinces has been selected for. choke Year Book, which by the stock raising of which some 40,000
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