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additional property in the Eltham Shire across the Yaxra. The St. 

 Hubert's property then included about 600 acres across the Healesville- 

 road, known as the Mount Mary paddocks; and the estate altogether in 

 the Lilydale Shire then amounted to 3,900 acres. Wlien Mi. Timms 

 put this estate together he intended to run it as a dairy farm. There 

 was already a 40-bail milking shed and separating room on the Chateau, 

 and a 90-bail shed with separating room and cheese factory on St. Hubert's. 

 He supplemented these by building what is known as the " No. 2 " 

 shed of 80 bails, with cooling room, about ij miles from the St. Hubert's 

 homestead towards the Healesville end of the property. In its winding 

 course here the Yarra will give this estate some 6 to 7 miles of water 

 frontage ; and the adjoining flats run back to a low ridge varying from 

 half-a-mile to perhaps i mile distant therefrom. The ■' No. 2 " shed 

 is built on a level rise at the foot of this ridge in as central a position as 

 could be chosen. 



4. MR. whitehead' S MILKING SHED. 



Mr. Timms began dairying in the No. i Chateau shed in 1905; and 

 the " No. 2 " shed was finished and work commenced in it in the spring of 

 1906. With 400 milking cows in these three sheds the difficultv of obtaining 

 •satisfactory labour to carry on the dairy work soon presented itself ; 

 and it also became apparent to the owner that, to make the concern properly 

 successful, his whole time would need to be given up to the management 

 of the dairy farming. His contracting business would not allow of this ; 

 and the idea of subdividing the property and offering it by auction was 

 put into effect. 



The heavy value :f the improvements on the St. Hubert's homestead 

 placed it beyond consideration as an ordinary dairy-farm property, and 

 with 1,208 acres it was retained by Mr. Timms; but the rest of the estate 

 changed hands, being divided amongst fourteen buyers. 



A block of 130 acres of splendid river flat in the extreme easterly end 

 of the estate was purchased by Mr. C. Blogg. The Mt. Mary paddocks 

 were bought by Messrs. Du Pury and D. Mitchell, who own adjoining 

 properties. Messrs. Whitehead Bros, obtained a 227-acre block of mostly 

 flat land, with a creek .running through the length of it, fronting the 

 Healesville-road. Two adjoining blocks of 75 acres and no acres fell 

 to Messrs. Rowe and Thos. Timms respectively. The " No. i " St. 

 Hubert's shed, with 203 acres running from the St. Hubert's-road to the 

 Yarra, was purchased bv Mr. McClure. ^Messrs. Gilliert and Pochon 

 ^JOught the next two blocks of 164 acres and 177 acres respectively, each 



