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GWYDER DISTRICT

BREEDING AND FATTENING STATIONS FOR CATTLE, FATTENING RUNS OVERSTOCKED, REMOVAL OF STOCK FROM THE FATTENING RUNS TO NEW COUNTRY, AND OF FAT CATTLE TO THE BOILING DOWN ESTABLISHMENTS, FROM THE RIVERS MOOKI, NAMOI AND GWYDER.

In the Northern Districts the graziers occupy the Mountain & Range Country for their breeding herds of Cattle, and the low country they prefer for their fattening herds.

The improvements on a Cattle Station consist of a Stockyard a Small cultivation paddock, and a hut for the Stockman & hut keeper, beyond these any other improvements would be considered useless.

The mountain & range Country is preferred by the grazier for breeding herds, for this reason, that, cattle do not fatten in that Country, and the cattle are drafted yearly from these stations for the fattening runs.

During favourable & drooping seasons, the fattening runs can carry and fatten many Cattle, but taking an average number of drooping seasons with those of dry & parched, the graziers find that those runs get overstocked if they are not particularly thinned & attended to, & that is requisite to remove stock from the fattening runs to new Country - & the fat cattle to the boiling down establishments.

NOTE 1850.   Those stockholders who neglect this commit an error in their business, for it is found that cattle will not fatten on overstocked runs. Those who are well acquainted with their business as graziers, then their runs of even fair Cattle Say those that will even realize one pound Sterling this year 1850 for the double reason of First Obtaining Cash, and Secondly of reducing their herds. They Calculate on the propriety of reducing their herds from the fattening runs by thereby Saving the increase which may amount to the number of six hundred & forty head for this number the Government charge yearly ten pounds Sterling

The rapidity by which the settlers have occipied & over run these northern Districts can only be accounted for by those Countries being very favourably adapted for grazing & agricultural purposes and the daily extension of Stations to new Country laying more to the north and north west informs us of the increase of this stock.

The settlers in these northern districts are compelled to occupy

 

 

 

 

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