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THE decision of the Australian Government last year, at the instance of pastoralista, to impose a levy on wool production, has been followed by the appointment of a Wool Board, with six members representing the industry and one the Commonwealth Government. The levy may be up to Qd. per bale, and the funds are to be used for (i) scientific research and (ii) publicity for the benefit of all sides of the wool industry. The Board has recently determined upon its expenditure under the first heading during the next financial year, and its decisions should result in marked stimulation of scientific work, particularly of that being carried on under the auspices of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. £2,750 has been granted for extensions to the Council's Nutrition Laboratory in Adelaide; £1,600 for sheep blowfly investigations at Canberra and Sydney; £900 for provision of additional accommodation at the McMaster Laboratory in Sydney; £730 per annum for three years for parasitological field work; £100 capital and £370 per annum for three years for further study of external parasites of sheep; £500 for the Council's field station at St. Mary's, some twenty miles from Sydney; £484 for three years for increased staff for fertility studies; and minor amounts for further investigations into toxsemic jaundice, foot-rot and ophthalmia in sheep.
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Wool Research in Australia. Nature 139, 831 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139831b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/139831b0