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Page 136
... sheep - breeding and wool - growing in Australia began with the arrival of the First Fleet , although it was about twenty years before the number of sheep in New South Wales was large enough to make the industry a staple of the colony ...
... sheep - breeding and wool - growing in Australia began with the arrival of the First Fleet , although it was about twenty years before the number of sheep in New South Wales was large enough to make the industry a staple of the colony ...
Page 137
... Sheep were increased to Five Pounds each ; and that the Wool is finer and softer than the wool of the preceding Year . The Fleece of one of the Sheep originally imported from the Cape of Good Hope , has been valued here at Four ...
... Sheep were increased to Five Pounds each ; and that the Wool is finer and softer than the wool of the preceding Year . The Fleece of one of the Sheep originally imported from the Cape of Good Hope , has been valued here at Four ...
Page 344
... sheep were the most profitable , or whether it was advantageous to attend exclusively to the wool , or to combine with all due attention to that matter of universally - acknowledged interest a proper regard to the carcase . In short ...
... sheep were the most profitable , or whether it was advantageous to attend exclusively to the wool , or to combine with all due attention to that matter of universally - acknowledged interest a proper regard to the carcase . In short ...
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