Some excellent specimens of pure opium, we are informed, have been grown in Bairnsdale, Victoria, this season by Mr A. W. Howitt, P.M. Its value is estimated at L 2 16s per lb., and one acre of ground in this district, particularly on the banks of the Nicholson, is expected to produce at least 351bs weight of such opium. A new machine for taking off the hides of dead cattle will shortly be tried at Buenos Ayres. The operation is short, sharp, and decisive, requiring only, a minute for each hide. Cold air is forced by a pump between the flesh and the hide, and the thing is done. The process ought to be an improvement on the old hacking and scraping system.
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Grey River Argus, Volume X, Issue 836, 1 April 1871, Page 2
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