[?]Inea’S Highlands

[?]Riculture On

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N interesting statement about

L the agricultural and pastoral

possibilities of the Highlands New Guinea was made to an elaide newspaper on January 31 Mr. Stanley Norgren. who has irge of the NG Agricultural partment’s livestock station on ; Upper Ramu.

Av. Norgren said that tea and

fee could be profitably produced

the Highlands, coffee being the ler crop to handle; and the in tigation of fibre production had ►sibilities. 7he crossing with Java sheep, of tain of the 500 Romney Marsh lep sent to Nondugl by Mr. E. J.

Ustrom had given a good mutton •ep, and a great cut of black, Bfy wool. Although the fleeces *e badly cut, they brought lOOd lb in Australia. First lambing iraged 90 per cent, lis Department was crossing Red Is, Poll Shorthorns and Aus lian Illawarra cattle with Zebus, ich gave tick immunity to the hth cross. One of the big blems was pasture. Local pas e was poor, but they were getting ouraging results by establishing uyu, paspalum and red clover sses. Good food for pigs, in the ,pe of sweet potatoes, could be ught from natives at a farthing lb.

Ir. Norgren said there was indance of native labour avail e on the Highlands and vast pe for private enterprise wish to invest in NG agriculture. He not say, however, that the only nsport giving admission to the [hlands is expensive air trans t; and that, having got there, prospective investor would have utmost difficulty in obtaining d.