. A complete geography . Fig. 5i5. The last Tasmanian, a race noweutirely extiuct. 534 AUSTRALIA The mildness of the climate makes it unnecessary to provide winter pro-tection for the animals, and now that the wild dogs have been exterminated,the sheep no longer need much care from shepherds. Animal Products. — To-day grazing is the characteristic and mostimportant occupation in Australia. There are over a hundred mill-ion sheep, and fully half the exports consist of wool ; but frozen orcanned mutton and beef, together with tallow and hides, are alsosent to England, Horses are bred for export,
. A complete geography . Fig. 5i5. The last Tasmanian, a race noweutirely extiuct. 534 AUSTRALIA The mildness of the climate makes it unnecessary to provide winter pro-tection for the animals, and now that the wild dogs have been exterminated,the sheep no longer need much care from shepherds. Animal Products. — To-day grazing is the characteristic and mostimportant occupation in Australia. There are over a hundred mill-ion sheep, and fully half the exports consist of wool ; but frozen orcanned mutton and beef, together with tallow and hides, are alsosent to England, Horses are bred for export, and cattle and swine. Fig. 54(J. A sheep run in Australia. The water in this artesian well rises from a layer of porous rockover six hundred feet below the surface. are raised in large numbers. While the sheep graze in the arid inte-rior, cattle are more numerous in the districts where there is heavierrain. Many cattle, especially near the coast, are raised for theirdairy products, and butter is exported to England. At the seasonwhen the cows of Belgium and Denmark are stalled because of thecold, the dairy herds of New South Wales are feeding on fresh pas-tures. Explain the causes of the difference. Farming. — Since agriculture secures a larger return from thesoil than grazing, sheep have been driven from the damp lowlandsand from those portions of the plateaus where the rainfall is suffi- AGRICULTURE AND MINING 535 cient for crops. Even in the interior there is farming where irriga-tion is found possible. In some cases water is supplied from streams;in others, from artesian wells (Fig. 546). Such wells
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