Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Journal of the Royal Colonial Institute, Vol. 37: Part IV.; March, 1906
As a wool producing country, Australia stands without a rival During the past fifty years she has exported 610, 000, 000 worth. The value exported in 1904 was over and in 1905 it is reported to exceed 20, 000 About one sixth Of the sheep on the earth are pastured and shorn in Australia. One important fact in connection with the pastoral industry is the great Improve mentin the quality and quantity of wool produced from each sheep.' In 1861 the average fleece per sheep weighed under four pounds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
