Rise of Australia

Chapter 151 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
"Our technical school is not like a national university. It is just a technical training school with a relatively small area. At present, our technical school has thousands of students, mainly training senior steel workers, senior railway workers, and doctor assistants. And basic education teachers. The training time for these people ranges from one to three years, and they can grow into outstanding industry elites after they complete their studies." Richard, the Minister of Education, introduced with a smile.

The establishment of technical schools is to cultivate technical talents with certain abilities for all walks of life in Australia, which is why technical schools temporarily only have three majors: workers, doctors and teachers.

At present, there is still a shortage of technical talents in education, medical care and industry in Australia, especially those who have a certain ability and are the mainstay talents.

Although factories, schools and hospitals also have corresponding training plans, these people who have been put on the job after simple training are only able to take up the job initially, and they still have a long way to go before they have the ability to be the mainstay.

"Very good. Technical schools can be expanded, and the number of trainees can be increased to thousands or even tens of thousands. At the same time, quotas can also be distributed to factories, hospitals and schools, allowing them to spend a certain amount of money to send employees to train. Arthur nodded and said.

Technical schools are different from the Australian National University. The cultivation of college students is very cautious, so the number of recruits should not be too large.

Even at the current Australian National University, the annual enrollment is basically fixed at around 600.

Technical schools are different.The purpose of technical schools is only to cultivate talents with good abilities for all walks of life in Australia. Both the speed and efficiency of training are much faster than universities.

Of course, the talents trained by technical schools are completely inferior to college students in terms of comprehensive ability. They just have certain advantages and abilities in a certain industry.

But this is exactly what Australia needs at present. Mastering a good ability in a certain aspect can become the talent that Australia currently lacks.

After the report of the Ministry of Education is completed, the next step is the report of the Ministry of Finance.

Like the rapid growth of industry and other industries, Australia's economy also ushered in good growth in 1902.

In 1901, Australia's total financial revenue was about 430 million pounds. This figure increased considerably in 1902 to 730 million pounds.

This is because with the recovery of the Australian economy, many self-employed households, small farmers, and factory owners have gradually been born.

Although these small businesses and factories are not large in scale, there are already thousands of them throughout Australia.

The accumulated income generated every year is also very good. Coupled with the increase in per capita income brought about by various constructions, it is not surprising that the economy has grown so fast.

But Australia's total fiscal spending is still frighteningly high.By the end of 1902, Australia's total financial expenditure for the whole year was about 430 million pounds, an increase of more than 100 million pounds compared with the previous year.

The fiscal deficit has reached 700 million pounds, which is almost the total fiscal revenue of Australia for a whole year.

But it's also because of all the major construction going on in Australia.Without these constructions that cost a lot of money, Australia's finances could actually turn into a surplus, even as high as 300 million pounds.

Although it costs tens of millions of pounds every year, the Australian Treasury still has available funds of more than 4000 million pounds, enough to support Australia's current development plan for decades.

By the end of 1902, the per capita annual income in Australia had reached [-] pounds, and the per capita income in important development and construction areas such as industrial areas had reached [-] pounds.

Compared with when the Principality of Australia was just established, the per capita income of Australians has ushered in a considerable increase, and they finally have a little spare money on hand.

It is not only the construction of industrial areas that has ushered in an increase in per capita income, but also the reclamation of agriculture.

When the aborigines were not introduced before, the land development in Australia was very slow. Most of the land allocated to immigrants was uncultivated wasteland, and there was very little arable land that could actually be planted.

This also led to the fact that although many immigrants owned a large amount of land in name, they could not actually make a living by planting, and had to find other jobs to make ends meet.

This also limits the development of agriculture in Australia to a certain extent. If it were not for the very developed animal husbandry, Australia might not even be able to support itself in food.

According to the report of the Ministry of Agriculture, the available arable land in Australia increased by almost 1902% throughout [-].

The grain produced in 1902 was as high as nearly 400 million tons, which could almost meet the food needs of 300 million people for a year.

But Australia's population is only a little over 400 million, which means that Australia has a lot of food that can be exported.

Not only the growth of arable land, but also the growth of Australia's livestock area is very rapid.

As a big country in animal husbandry, Australia had hundreds of millions of sheep in 1901, and now this number has increased by more than [-]%.

Such a large number of livestock has made Australia's animal husbandry very developed.The wool, goat's milk, cow's milk, and meat products produced every year are innumerable.

Only a small part of these animal husbandry products is digested by Australia itself, and more are exported to surrounding countries and even European countries.

Among them, the proportion of animal husbandry products imported by the British Empire is relatively large.Australia is currently the most reliable supplier of meat and livestock products to the British Empire, a position previously held by New Zealand.

Because of the very developed animal husbandry, meat products in Australia are very cheap. Even ordinary workers and civilians can basically eat meat every few days.

As for the college students and other technical talents whom Arthur attached great importance to, it goes without saying that a meal of meat is even indispensable, and college students also have a daily glass of milk supply.

The growth of agriculture is certainly gratifying, and the construction achievements of transportation are also very exciting.

Since the opening of the eastern section of the industrial railway in February 1902, Australia's economy and exchanges between states have also become faster and more effective because of this railway.

Although the scope of industrial railways opened to traffic so far is still very small, only the industrial areas in Western Australia and South Australia and the railway between the capital Sydney and Melbourne have been connected and successfully opened to traffic.

However, the railway that has been completed and opened to traffic has become a powerful force to promote the development of Australia's economy, and the economic and cultural exchanges between Australian states have become closer.

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