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Show Australia, Omaha Bee. Prof. E. M. Skelton of Kansas, who was appointed government agricultural agent of Australia, writes enthusiastically enthusiasti-cally of the agricultural and mineral resources re-sources of the country. He says American Amer-ican farmers would be astonished at the products of Australian fields. Two or three crops are often grown la one year from the same ground. There are no checks to'crops from cold weather, and no feeding season to be provided for. Fruits of all kinds grow in abundance. The light-wooded country has the appearance ap-pearance of a beautiful park covered with a magnificent growth of grass, often waist high. Great fortunes have been made from the sugar industry. In the midst of all its bounty farm products pro-ducts are very high; pork 25 to 40 cents a pound; corn, 50 cents to $1.50 per bushel; hay, $25 to $40 a ton. |