Arable cropping is limited to the flatter parts and elsewhere dairying and livestock farming predominate. Agriculture is varied and includes grain-farming, viticulture and wine-making, sheep-farming, and dairying. The economy was built around logging, farming, dairying and ranching as well as oyster cultivation. In the 1880s the main industries were dairying, farming and timber cutting. Truck farming, dairying, and poultry raising were also important. Pottstown is the center of a productive farming and dairying region. A sawmill operated from 1909 until 1944 when agriculture and dairying became the primary industries. The major industries in and around Barham are agriculture, including dairying and citrus, and forestry. Pastoralism replaced agriculture and dairying by the 1900s. Mowatt established an agricultural and dairying property and built a homestead. Many cropping and sheep farms have been converted to dairying. Local industries were timber getting, gold mining, dairying and quarrying for granite. The district is dependent on the primary industries of dairying and fruit orchards. Stockraising included goats, hogs, turkeys and dairying. Industries included&colon; ship and wagon building, flour milling, sheep raising, pork packing, and dairying.