Improving New Caledonia's
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Livestock
IN recent years, the pastoral industry in New Caledonia has revived, following the 1930-31 slump when the canned beef business fell away almost to noth ing. With a view to improving the standard of the Colony’s livestock, the Government has been purchasing pure bred pigs and dairy cattle from Aus tralian studs in fairly large numbers.
Breeds most in favour are Jersey and Illawarra cattle and Berkshire pigs. The Colony has abundant good cattle country.
Dr. K. Washington Grey, chief geolo gist of the Australasian Petroleum Com pany in Papua, paid a two weeks’ visit
in July to the company’s areas at Wewak Northern New Guinea.