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Is Self-Acting.
At recent trial at Lilydale, 17s 6d worth of work executed for 2s 6d. Mr W. Orr, of Underwood, has pulled 20 scrub stumps per hour with one of these celebrated machines.
Machines on view at F. Procter's, Lilydale, Upper Piper, and W. Hart and Sons', Launceston, where all necessary information can be obtained.
Advertising (1888, August 15). Daily Telegraph (Launceston, Tas. : 1883 - 1928), , p. 1. Retrieved June 17, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150275453
See also the prominent place in Tasmania-wide debate of William Orr on the Lilydale Agricultural Board. Here is an excerpt which I found a convincing testimony to the urge for self-reliance of Lilydale settler-farmers. The whole article is an interesting treatment of Tasmania's perennial economic challenges.
Then, there was Mr. Tune's remark, "What settler could you now get to live at Lilydale when bankruptcy stares the whole population in the face?" Well, we do not think ourselves any better, nor a great deal worse, than the majority of settlers. And let me tell Mr. Tune there are very few of us here who have any desire for a change. We have an interest in our property that we have acquired by our own labours, that cannot be valued in money; and although we do not always get adequate returns for our labour, still whatever convulsions may revolutionise the world, and as long as this orb rolls on in its natural order and gives us the annual return of the seasons, we feel we have placed ourselves above actual want.
As an example of the value that is placed on the land here, a block in its natural state was sold by auction at Launceston lately for £5 per acre, the upset price being £1. Another block of 50 acres, with very fine improvements on it, the present owner refused an offer of £380 for, or about £8 per acre.
BOARDS OF AGRICULTURE. (1897, December 13). Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899), , p. 7. Retrieved June 16, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39706858