WHAT IRRIGATION WILL DO.
CLOSER SETTLEMENT-Df ' ■ ,-'■ -VICTORIA. ' .:.-'. ;. By TeWrarli-Eress AEsodation-^CoiiyiiftV : ' Sydney, November 29. ' Mr. H. MlKenzie, Victorian Minister for Lands, and Mr. Elwood Mead, the State irrigation expert, were enter-: tained at dinner on: their return from '< theirs visit to Europe'and;America.: •. j Mr..Mead stated tliat,.Australia.con-| tained:the best land herjiad.rseen.- -Thei problem was how to overcome the .pre-i judico against small holdings and, in-1 tense cultivation^-iOnly small /farms) paid. Under irrigation every .few aoresJ in Australia would,support a,'.-. family.! Similar soil in Aincrica- was made 'id" prodace £400 sterling per acre.- : .'■ Tho : Government,-, said Mr. . Slead, should introduce ■ experienced • men. Lucerne-was.ihe-best crop for irrigatioa' lands. ' .
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 987, 30 November 1910, Page 7
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104WHAT IRRIGATION WILL DO. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 987, 30 November 1910, Page 7
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