Queensland Country Life (Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Thursday 16 August 1951, page 19


SHOW CLIMAX

TO VISIT

ll^R. J. Norman Eggar.

chairman of the Scottish Australian Company, found the show a pleasant cJimax to a three months' visit to Australia. Mr. Eggar was chiefly interested in the Shorthorns, as his company's Anthony Lagoon station, in the Northern Territory, in recent years replaced a n AberdeenAngus herd with Short

horns.

The company found that Shorthorns fattened so well on its Austral Downs property that it decided to breed them at Anthony Lagoon, he said.

Mr. Eggar endorsed the view of practically all overseas visitors wi'h cattle interests — Australia's great need is better transport from breeding areas to fattening areas. He was a critical onlooker while the Polls were being judged. "Polling will have to come from sheer necessity," hs said, "but the breed still has quite a deal of headway to make before it is as good as its horned counterpart."

Mr. Eggar obviously enjoyed the opportunity of meeting and discussing beef cattle prospects with Australia's leading stud

masters.