. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. 358 Agrlcultin-dl. Gazetfr of 7/" [Qlai/ 2, 1908. nuiv 1)1' jnit down as worrli tioiii £2 lOs. to £7 Ids. jilt acix', tlic value (Ie]iciMliiiL: ii|Miii tlir iiiiprovL'iiifuts, and their proximity to llic railway. It is llif to tind wheat farms wliicli have a nalni-al iicriiianent water siipplv. In some instances water is olilaiiicd hy sinkinn' shallow wells. Iiiit ill the majorit\ of cases the mncli neeiled ]irovisioii is made by excavatinii" taid\s or dams in suilnh
. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. 358 Agrlcultin-dl. Gazetfr of 7/" [Qlai/ 2, 1908. nuiv 1)1' jnit down as worrli tioiii £2 lOs. to £7 Ids. jilt acix', tlic value (Ie]iciMliiiL: ii|Miii tlir iiiiprovL'iiifuts, and their proximity to llic railway. It is llif to tind wheat farms wliicli have a nalni-al iicriiianent water siipplv. In some instances water is olilaiiicd hy sinkinn' shallow wells. Iiiit ill the majorit\ of cases the mncli neeiled ]irovisioii is made by excavatinii" taid\s or dams in suilnhli' lowd\inL;' sites, wliei-e the water i'l'om the catchment area can l)e led into ihem hy ineaiis of drains or The u'eneral size of tliese taid\s ranges from 1,(»()0 to 2,."()() cnliic \ards. costing from 7d. to Is. \)vi- cul)ic yai-d to exclivate. Fencing. Tile universal practice is to fence eacli iioldiiiL;', and in tlie majority of cases convenient suhdivision fences are ei'ei-ted. Tlie most common kind of fence consists of posts erected I) to 11 feel apart, with six or seven wires runniiiL; through them. The value of this fencing is about £28 to £."30 per mile: the cost of tlie wii'e being from £S to £10 per mile; the posts are usualh" ol)tained from timlier on the propert\. The advent of tlie rabbit has rendered it necessary to wire-net the boundary fences, so as to exclmle him, and prevent his depredations; this necessitates an additional exjjenditure for these fences of about £;) to i^TiO per A wire-netted labbit-piool fence, two posts and six droppers per chain. From Virgin Forest to Wheat Farm. The ground is most commonly cleared of timber l)y first ringbarking the green trees, and allowing;' them to die. befoiH^ littimi- the ground for the plough l)y grubbing them out. Only in a few instances is the ground entirely cleared of green timl)er, as the latter method is very much more exjiensive than the former, and for some
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