Animal Husbandry in Australia

I approach this subject with deep gratitude that no one in the American Society of Animal Production expects me to cover it adequately. It is a subject as wide as Australia's acres. I should like deliberately to arouse your sympathy by asking you how you would feel if you were requested to prepare a short paper on “Animal Husbandry in the United States.” All you could do would be to hit a few high spots and speak in broad generalities, knowing that nearly every statement you made might be true of some sections and not of others Australia and the United States are almost identical in size and Australia's diversity of climate and topography is almost as variegated as our own. Compared with the United States, Australia is a poor country. Lack of water is the main reason for her relative poverty, rather than inherently poor soil. Rivers and creeks that reticulate nearly all America are sadly lacking in Australia.