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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ...Western Plains. The largest sheep station is at Tamworth, which in 1892 had over 1,500,000 sheep. Wool production on the western stations is so cheap in good seasons that the profits then compensate for loss at other times. Horses are bred and exported to India. The Indian nickname for a horse, a Waler, is derived from the supply coming from New South Wales. The number of horses in the State in 190:5 was 458,014. Cattle stations occur along the Highlands and in the western districts. The cattle are reared on native grasses and salt-bush. In the coastal districts dairyfarming has made rapid progress, the butter being made in the factories, of which in 1902 there were 528. The increase of the butter trade has greatly stimulated the establishment of small farms; and the total export of butter increased from 534,000 lbs. in 1891, to 10,276,594 lbs. in 1901. The number of cattle at the end of 1903 was 1,880,548. The agricultural industry is of secondary importance. The main crop is wheat, which is mostly raised in the Riverina. Climatic conditions cause great irregularities in the extent of the wheat cultivation. Thus the land under cultivation during 1901 was 1,500,000 acres. The amount had fallen to 1,279,000 acres on March 12, 1903, but had increased again to 7,561,111 acres in 1904, when the wheat harvest was 2,733,141 bushels. The average wheat yield is 9 bushels to the acre; it was only 12 bushels per acre in the season for 1902-3; but the good rains of 1903 led to the increased yield of 17 bushels per acre. Maize is largely grown for fodder on the coastal districts of the north. The other chief food-stuffs are oats, potatoes raised on the Highlands around Bathurst, and sugar-cane. But the yield of sugar is declining. There are extensive...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 115173621X
- ISBN 13 9781151736215
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages176
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