Dairy Cattle

Herd to Establish Industry in Central N. Guinea

From a Special Correspondent

W Tm Cairns, Nov. 13.

HEN the “Macdhui” left Cairns to day for New Guinea, she carried Mr. Jack Toogood, and 15 head of pure-bred Illawarra dairy cows. He is taking this stock to Lae, New Guinea and there, at the mouth of the Mark ham Valley (gateway of the great cen tral tablelands) he will establish a dairy farm and stock-recruiting station.

This may prove to be one of the im portant steps in Australia’s development of New Guinea, and it is hoped that this enterprising man will receive at least a little encouragement from Ra baul and Canberra.

Mr. Toogood had resided for many years in the Ingham district, Queens land, and has been handling stock all his life. He can deal with all stock ailments and his presence in New Guinea should be of value from a veter inary science point of view.

He has also taken back with him plants and seeds of the best pasture grasses, which comprise collections from Argentine, South Africa and Queensland and he feels sure that all of these grasses will do well in New Guinea, and should improve the milking qualities of his dairy herd.

Mr. Toogood, for the past three years, has been in New Guinea, contracting and recruiting, and he considers that the upper reaches of the Markham Valley will, in the near future, be settled; and with his farm at Lae, he will be able to supply cattle and stud pigs to other set tlers who come in to make a start.

He speaks in optimistic terms of the future of New Guinea as a cattle dairy ing and pig-raising country.

Who was it said that the man that made two blades of grass grow, where one grew before, was worth all the poli ticians put together?

Sawmill Established

LAE, Nov. 25.

HE road up the Markham Valley from Lae is being steadily improved, and an increasing amount of good land is being made accessible.

Messrs. Hoile Brothers, of Wau, have started the erection of a sawmill, near the Markham River, between 8 and 10 miles from Lae. There is good timber thereabouts. They are making a road, to connect with the new Markham Road.