 Parallel with these initiatives was scientific interest in developing cattle suitable for the tropics.In 1920 veterinarian and former administrator of the Northern Territory, Dr John Anderson Gilruth (1871-1937), toured Texas, USA which strengthened his conviction that "vigorously controlled cattle breeding experiments in north Queensland would be wise".In 1929 a Joint Commission appointed to enquire into the beef cattle industry of northern Australia reported that there should be investigation of "problems of animal genetics with the object of creating a new breed of tropical cattle".