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tors around Broomehill, Kojonup, Franklancl river, Mount Barker, 

 and Wilson's Inlet are also sheep farmers. Dingoes, opossums, and 

 tamars are a nuisance in many parts of the Broomehill district. 

 Dingoes and wallabies are too plentiful lower down towards 

 Albany. A considerable extent of poison country exists in the 

 Broomehill and Kojonup districts, infested with York road, box 

 poison, and narrow leaf. I cannot say what is the aggregate acreage 

 of the poison country, but I should think it would com- 

 prise about one-fortieth of the whole of the localities in 

 question. There is very little poison in the Mount Barker 

 district. Around Torbay and Denmark there are small 

 patches of indigo poison, and on granite country in the 

 neighborhood of Albany there are small quantities of the heart- 

 leaf variety. Speaking generally, those portions of the south of 

 which I am writing are good places for stock ; of course, 

 precautions have to be taken to keep them off the poison patches. 

 At Broomehill, Pallinup, Kojonup and Cranbrook, the principal 

 grasses are silver grass, pin and kangaroo grass, and native couch. 

 There is silver grass and bush feed at Mount Barker, and bush feed 

 in the Albany district. The extent of arable land that can be found 

 in one piece is about 500 acres. For water, Broomehill, Kojonup, 

 Pallinup, Mount Barker and Kendenup depend upon wells, tanks and 

 waterholes. There are waterholes and creeks at Denmark, Torbay, 

 King river, the Porongorup hills, and at Albany. The cost of 

 conserving water is for sinking wells, 205. per foot ; tanks 

 and dams, Qd. per cubic yard. There is never a serious water 

 difficulty in a dry season. Well water can be struck at a 

 depth varying from 12 to 60 feet. There are facilities for irrigation 

 at the Frankland river and at Denmark. At Broomehill, Pallinup, 

 and Kojonup the country is undulating. The best ground is a 

 chocolate and brown soil found in what is known as ' cup and 

 saucer' land. The medium soil is a light loam ; the grassy lands 

 are red sandy and light sandy. Mount Barker lias a brown loamy 

 soil and is rather hilly. The soil of the Albany district is sandy and 

 peaty. Torbay and Denmark : On the karri hills there is choco- 

 late soil and in many valleys rich alluvial soil. The timber of 

 Broomehill and Palfinup consists ot raspberry jam, white gum, 

 York, salmon, morrell and yatc ; at Kojonup the forests are of jam, 

 white gum, York gum, yate and red gum. Mount Barker possesses 

 icd .mun, yate, jarrah and white gum. Torbay, Denmark and 

 Albany are timbered with karri, jarrah, red gum and yate. To clear 

 land ready for the plough costs i ios. to ^."3 per acre at Broome- 

 hill, KojnMiip and Pallinup ; from 2 to ^"5 per acre at Mount 

 Barker and district ; from 2 to $ at Albany, and from 2 to 10 

 at Torbay. The crops usually grown at Knjonup, Broomehill and 

 Kendenup, are wheat and hay; the producer^ of Mount Barker, 

 Frankland river and the Porongorup range, show a preference for 

 hay and potatoes, and those of Albany and Torbay for potatoes and 



