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is held to be the better enterprise for the average immigrant, who, 

 we are told, will clo well enough if he is thrifty, hardworking, and 

 possesses, with common sense, some knowledge of the work which 

 he undertakes to do. The lesson of local experience in the clear- 

 ing of land, is to ringbark lirst, and to get a return from the land 

 before going to the expense and submitting to the delay in taking 

 out all the largest timber. It is believed that bone dust would be 

 the best fertiliser, and our informants look forward to using it freely 

 when they can get it delivered by a freight truck. Their profit is 

 expected to come in by being enabled to sow their land every year, 

 when it is sustained by enrichment, instead of standing out of the 

 return for their outlay in clearing for two seasons out of three, 

 while the paddocks are depending upon the processes of natural re- 

 cuperation and the running of sheep upon them to maintain their 

 nutritive resources. 



