There is a large area of country in Victoria, South Australia, and New South Wales known as the mallee, the name being derived from a dense dwarf eucalyptus scrub which covers the land in its natural state.
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There is thus a sound prospect fronting the new settler, as he might start on the mallee country share farming, and on what he has earned establish himself on a holding of his own, with all the advantage of a practical experience of that particular type of land and the climate.
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The mallee soil is mostly sandy loam, but red and black loams, varying from sand to clay, are found.
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