013 - Hunter Valley Manuscript - July 1833

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Description(013.jpg) Recto 3 Above all things let him wait patiently for the chances of the market in purchasing his stock, which by renting a farm in the neighbourhood of a township he can the more conveniently do, as it is in towns that all sales by auction take place, and it is also here where cattle, sheep and all kinds of produce are brought when the up country settlers want a little cash - by adopting this system the writer has purchased cows at 7 [pounds] per head for which he would have otherwise been obliged to pay 3 [pounds] and fine improved breeding ewes at 3 [pounds] for which he would otherwise have paid 20 [pounds] Another reason which renders it imperative for the new settler to rest on his oars, is that the present regulations respecting the sale of land require that the portion he may select shall be advertised for sale for three months previous to its being sold, which will leave him out of profitable employment during that period unless he rents a farm as above recommended. Upon entering on his own land his first object should be to grow such crops as will be necessary for the consumption of his establishment for the first year, this will consist of wheat, maize and a small quantity of tobacco. Each of these productions thrive well on new land and the latter has hitherto proved more than a renumerating crop. But the prices of produce are so fluctuating that a settler will do well to enquire into the state of the market before he commences operations. If in each year he can find time to plant a few acres [of oine], he will be more certain of deriving adequate renumeration from this crop after the lapse of three years, the former productions all come to perfection in six months, and according to their rate in the market the settlers grow them; the latter takes a long period to arrive at an age for production, and having once attained that point they progressively improve every year, whilst those persons who have not commenced planting at the same time with yourself will be for a long period in you [rears] SubjectNew South Wales historyNSWHunter ValleySettlerAustralian historyMaitlandAustraliaDatenot specifiedSourcehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/2666322752/

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