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stern, matter-of-fact man. and he put his idea to the test 

 by exporting butter to California in the early fifties. And 

 <lairying has had lodgment in the Illawarra country ever 

 since, and is extending there more rapidly than ever ; 

 while the business has spread north, west, and south, into 

 Victoria, South Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania. 

 Even Queensland and Western Australia have hopes of 



A Busiuess-like Cow. 



sharing in what is growing into one of the greatest 

 industries of the country. The growth of export dairying 

 has been of immense magnitude since 1882, when Mr. D. 

 L. Dymock, of Kiama. introduced the cream separator. 

 The exports have already reached two millions sterling 

 for the produce of a year. The business, with tact, skill, 

 and judgment, may be worked up to ten millions ! 



Materials Available for Profitable Dairying. In 

 Australia, climate, soil, and indigenous grass, unequalled, 

 taken as a whole, compare favourably with any other part 

 of the world. Possibly, the conditions are too favourable, 

 and have led dairying into comparatively slovenly methods, 

 from which first-class results are not likely to be obtained. 

 Taking the climate, for instance, its very mildness has been 

 against the business, for it has led to a want of attention 



