. The Land of the Lyre bird; a story of early settlement in the great forest of south Gippsland. Being a description of the Big Scrub in its virgin state with its birds and animals, and of the adventures and hardship of its early explorers and prospectors; also accounts by the settlers of the clearing, settlement, and development of the country . rubcleared and turned into pasture: the stock every year improving in nmnbersand quality, and gradually the district became Very favouial)ly known tothe city butchers for the excellent quality of its fatVtock. Early in the 90s, just as the bulk of the
. The Land of the Lyre bird; a story of early settlement in the great forest of south Gippsland. Being a description of the Big Scrub in its virgin state with its birds and animals, and of the adventures and hardship of its early explorers and prospectors; also accounts by the settlers of the clearing, settlement, and development of the country . rubcleared and turned into pasture: the stock every year improving in nmnbersand quality, and gradually the district became Very favouial)ly known tothe city butchers for the excellent quality of its fatVtock. Early in the 90s, just as the bulk of the scrub had been cleared, beganthe long series of dry years in the North that culminated in the disastrousdrought year of 1902. and during this period the good prices prevailing forfat stock gave the pioneers a splendid lift, that began to show itself atonce in the general and rapid improvement of the district and the steadyrise in land values. It is quite safe to say that between the years 1894and 1904 land values increased by an average of at least £1 per acre peryear, values that have been well maintained since, except where neglect hasbeen shown. Xot only was the reputation of South Gii^psland for fat stockestablished during this time, but, aided by the co-operative system of butter- THE PASTORAL INDUSTRY. 319 .^^^(l^^ri^^^ikA!^^. COUNTRY. iiiakino- and the export trade, dairying: Ijecame well eslal»lislied. and thedistrict began to i)rodnce larsre quantities of high-class buttei: ami it is tothis industry that the district owes much of its progress. The cai-rying capacity of the i)astures of South (lippsland, with itsrich soil and generous rainfall, is well known; nor has it seriously declinedsvith the gradually lessened rainfall caused by the destruction of the forest,and what may ha\e been lost in (luantity has been made up in (|uality, exceptin cases where coiit iniioii> o\-eist()cking has ruined the sole of grass. Cocksfoot and rye-grass aic the principal gras
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