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, and the main training directions are senior steel workers, senior railway workers, doctor assistants and basic education teachers. The training time for these people is about one to three years, and they can grow into excellent industry elites after graduation." Minister of Education Richard introduced with a smile.

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

At present, Australia is still short of technical talents in education, medical care and industry, especially those who have certain abilities as the backbone.

Although factories, schools and hospitals also have corresponding training plans, these people who have been trained simply can only take up their posts initially. They still have a long way to go before they have the ability of the backbone.

"Very good. Technical schools can expand their scale, and the number of students can be increased to thousands or even tens of thousands. At the same time, quotas can also be issued to various factories, hospitals and schools, allowing them to spend a certain amount of money to send employees for training." Arthur nodded and said.

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

Even the current Australian National University has a fixed annual enrollment of about 600 people.

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

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

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

After the report of the Ministry of Education was completed, the report of the Ministry of Finance was followed.

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

In 1901, Australia's total fiscal revenue was about 4.3 million pounds, and this figure increased significantly in 1902, reaching 7.3 million pounds.

This is because with the recovery of the Australian economy, many individual business owners, small farmers and factory owners have gradually emerged.

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

The accumulated annual income is also very good, coupled with the increase in per capita income brought by various construction projects, it is not surprising that the economic growth is so rapid.

However, Australia's total fiscal expenditure is still frighteningly high. By the end of 1902, Australia's total fiscal expenditure for the whole year was about 14.3 million pounds, an increase of more than one million pounds compared to the previous year.

The fiscal deficit reached 7 million pounds, almost the total fiscal revenue of Australia for the whole year.

But this is also because of the major construction projects carried out in Australia. Without these construction projects that cost a lot of money, Australia's finances could actually turn into a surplus, even a surplus of 2 to 3 million pounds.

Although tens of millions of pounds are spent every year, the Australian Treasury still has more than 140 million pounds of available funds, enough to support Australia's current development plan for decades.

By the end of 1902, Australia's per capita annual income had reached 12 pounds, and the per capita income of important development and construction areas such as industrial areas had reached 15 pounds.

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

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

Before the introduction of aborigines, Australia's land development speed was very slow, and most of the land allocated to immigrants was uncultivated wasteland, and there was actually very little arable land that could be planted.

This also led to many immigrants who, although nominally owned a large amount of land, could not actually make a living by planting, and could only find other jobs to make a living.

This also restricted Australia's agricultural development to a certain extent. If it were not for the highly developed animal husbandry, Australia might not even be able to provide food for itself.

According to the report of the Ministry of Agriculture, Australia's available arable land increased by almost 40% in 1902.

The grain produced in 1902 was nearly 4 million tons, which could almost meet the annual food needs of 13 million people.

But Australia's population is only a little over 4 million, which means that Australia has a lot of grain to export.

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

As a major animal husbandry country, Australia had more than 100 million sheep in 1901, and now this number has increased by more than 10%.

Such a large number of livestock makes Australia's livestock industry very developed. The wool, goat milk, milk, meat products and other products produced every year are countless.

Only a small part of these livestock products are consumed by Australia itself, and more are exported to surrounding countries and even European countries.

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

Because of the highly developed livestock industry, Australia's meat products are very cheap. Even ordinary workers and civilians can basically eat meat every few days.

Needless to say, college students and other technical talents who are highly valued by Arthur are even indispensable for every meal of meat, and college students are also supplied with a glass of milk every day.

The growth of agriculture is certainly gratifying, and the results of transportation construction 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 become faster and more effective because of this railway.

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

But this completed and opened railway has become a vital force in promoting Australia's economic development, and the economic and cultural exchanges between Australian states have become closer.

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