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STEAMING & BOILING DOWN ESTABLISHMENTS
PRODUCE OF ELEVEN HUNDRED & SEVENTY ONE SHEEP STEAMED DOWN IN 1843 DURING THE MONTHS OF JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER.
Average weight of
327 Wethers in tallow 10 1/2 lbs each 3433 lbs
485 Ewes " " 8 lbs " 3880 "
216 Wethers " " 9 lbs " 1944 "
143 Rams Ewes Wethers 4 lbs "
572 "
9829 lbs net
Quantity and Quality of tallow produced from above sheep
First quality sheeps tallow 3550 1/2 lbs
Second quality " " 4739 1/2 "
Third Quality
1558 "
9848 lbs net
PRODUCE OF TWO THOUSAND TWO THOUSAND & [ILLEGIBLE] FOUR CATTLE & FIVE HUNDRED SHEEP BOILED DOWN AT BULLWARRA DURING THE SEASON MARCH TO JULY 184[7?]
During the season from March to July there were 2233 head of Cattle & 500 head of Sheep boiled down at Bullwarra the produce of tallow from the whole being about one hundred & eighty tons _ Although many of the Cattle were very fine, the Condition of the whole was not equal to that of former years, there being, in particular, a great deficiency of inside fat throughout the whole season.