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jTRBK TO THE ..MVERINA. ■ ; ; - 'There is,.reported *to be 'a steady,, trek, of Victorian 'settlers,".to .the Uiverina..,disr trict of New, South Wales. . Wheat is how. being - grown: in large in•the western parts;of the:,.Riverina where f orme'rly • one, • would/ doubt it a, man's. sanity, should he venture to suggest, . such' .a possibility; •' The" Victorianincomers : are mostly young men,.'the sons' of ,farmers, 'who are'unable to find sufficient elbow room :in -the neighbourhood of ! .the .old home.'; They come -from/districts ■ where cultivation land brings anytlung -from 310 to'::JB15 an ! acre, ...and when offered equally good land" across tho'border at from «£i to .£6, 1 there; is comparative!? little' trouble/in effecting. .sales. .. - The largest .areia, 'of land ever opened to selection in. Queensland was dealt .with by tlie -Exocutive ■on January - 27,- whenapproval was given' for .opening .to selec-' tion of 367/iwrtiqns, .. 859,161 acres. ■' ' V •. " ' , : -South Australia is' fortunate.in that its new Department of' Apiculture—recently separated from the ' Laiids—is ■? launched by. a farmer- of -the.'ripe experience of Mr. Thomas Tnsc'oe.'. Mr. naiiie' is.: fainiliaiv'to; farmers' 1 pretty well/oil over Australia, as 'a Tesiilt, of'.his onthusi-; astic advocacy -of' the modern methodsof what is known, 'as: dry;:farming,; and 1 this' advocacy is. based ou his own ;prac-. .tical. .experience extending, over a." long series of years." ' Mr. - Pascoe has -withstood ■ and overcome practically all' the •difficulties that haye faced ..the pioneer producer,'and that he is regarded as , a i successful ■ farmer in . a district which has an average, rainfall of, about 13 inches is probably'the: best -testimony that can be given ; rof his capacity .as an agriculturist.: ' ... . The butter export business of Queensland is'. showing enormous _ expansion under favourable weather conditions. .The amount- offering for' examination -by ' the gradens is greater' than. at' any other time in-the history of dairying ill the northern State: -■" The' latest: figures ■ were in tho region of 1 10,000 boxes in a. week, the nearest to this amount' being 9152 "boxes in 'April, -1908. • , -The' South Australian' Government intends importing some 1 Lincolnshire' ourlycoated pigs to start a herd : on'the Kybybolite Experiment' Farm. '