SCHEME OF IRRIGATION.
♦ — — JN THE WIMMERA DISTRICT. 8r Trieer«pli.~PrMi Ajmoe\ttUm.—Coj)ytight, (Received March 27, 10.40 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. The Water Commission is completing a scheme for the irrigation, of 6000 square miles in the Wimmera district, at a cost of £180,000. The one drawback to the development of the Wimmera district has been the uncertain rainfall, and irrigation will become a prominent feature in the prosperity of the locality. Irrigation farming has been successful, large areas surrounded with irrigation channels having beeu planted with vines, oranges, lemons, apples, etc.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 73, 27 March 1909, Page 5
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89SCHEME OF IRRIGATION. Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 73, 27 March 1909, Page 5
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