FIRST CENTURY OF DAIRYING IN NEW SOUTH WALES. 



old ; 10 purebred Durham bulls, i year old ; i bull, 5 years old : 

 I bull, 3 years old ; and 3 yearling bulls of the pure Durham breed. 



The Australian Auction Company have for sale in Sydney, on be- 

 half of Mr. Thomas Icely, of Coombing Park, Carcoar, 300 very 

 superior Durham cows in calf to an imported Durham bull, and 

 with calves at their sides ; also 12 superior Durham bulls, 2 years 

 old, by Comet. 



Mr. P. P. King, manager of the Australian Agricultural Company, 

 Port Stephens, has for sale in Sydney, 6 young Durham bulls and 

 25 Durham heifers in calf to pure Durham bull. 



The Hunter River Auction Company have ior sale, on behalf of Dr. 

 Bowman, 20 good milk cows of the Durham breed, and three 

 superior bulls bred by Dr. Bowman. 



Mr. Samuel Lyons has just landed by the ship " Hope" two young 

 Yorkshire bulls ; also by the ship " Earl Grey," three superior 

 Durham bulls. (Mr. Lyons sold these cattle shortly after landing. 

 Mr. John Terry Hughes bought two young bulls, under 2 years 

 old, for 420, and sent them to Illawarra. Mr. Thomas Walker 

 bought one bull at 94 and another at /4. and sent them ;to 

 Imlay's station at Bega, for whom he was acting as agent.) 



In 1840 Messrs. Alexander Berry and W. C. Wentworth were ship- 

 ping large consignments of cattle to various ports in ships fitted for 

 the purpose. The Australian Auction Comipany landed, per ship 

 ' Competitor," seven purebred Durham bulls and three purebred Here- 

 ford bulls. Four of the Durham bulls brought 600 by auction, and 

 were sent on to Manaro ; one white Durham bull l>migiit 60, and 

 went to Argyle ; onfe roan bull brought iRo. (This bull wa> by 

 Knight's old grey bull.) One yearling bull by You ..u' favourite out 

 of a Phoenix cow was bought by John Terry Hughes for 50. This 

 bull was stated to belong to the best blood in England. 



An imported bull owned by Mr. Dawson, of Charlotte-place, Syd- 

 ney, was purchased by Mr. William Wilson, of Fairy Meadow, Wol- 

 longong, 'for the sum of 128. This was a strawberry Longhorned 

 Durham bull of special quality, and had been a few years at Mr. 

 Dawson's estate, Glenfield. The Australian Auction Company im- 

 ported, on behalf of Mr. Alexander Berry, a large consignment of 

 stock, including English, Scotch, and Dutch cattle. These cattle were 

 first landed at Tasmania and brought hence in the " Australian 

 packet" to Sydney, then driven down the coast to Coolangatta, where 

 they were to be used for dairy purposes. The >;mie company im- 

 ported one pure Durham bull, 20 months old, bred by Mr. Smith, 

 Hngland, and combines the most fashionable blood. This animal was 

 purchased by Mr. David Johnston, of Illawarra, and was represented 

 as being of beautiful proportions. 



The Australian Auction Company had for sale S>o acres of land 

 originally granted to Hughes and lloskins, b.mnded by the township 

 reserve o-i Kiama and Jerrara Creek and the properties of A. \\. Spark, 

 Ks(|. The Government sold several allotments of land in Manning 

 and liarroiil Streets, Kiama. at satisfactory prices. 



After the Keel-. -ne Kstate was sold by Mr. J. Hubert I'lunkett. Mr. 

 I. -max. who had been '.'eliding on that estate, went to live on Mr. 

 Ili-nry Osbome's property at the Illawarra Lake. He had a very 

 valuable breed of cattle, and imported Several high -da-*- Durhams. 

 lie had two bulls ; one was a .strawberry roan, and the other a beau- 

 tiful red colored animal. Mr. T. G. Lomax's cattle soon became 

 faiuou- in Illawarra, and many of the more modern breeders traced 

 their strains hack to tlu- l.<>niax Shorthorns and Red l.incolns. The 

 Red Lincoln^ of tln.-e day- were remarkable bea-t-. inasmuch a- i:i 

 it wa- often extremely difficult to -ay that animals 



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