AUSTRALIAN LAND
THE IRRIGATION QUESTION. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, November 29. (Received November 29, at 10.20 a.m.) Mr M.'Kenzio and Mr Mead, the Victorian irrigaiionists who have recently returned from America, were entertained at dinner. Mr Mead Slid thai Australia was the best land he had seen. Their problem was to overcome the prejudice against small holdings and intense cultivation. Only email farms paid under irrigation. A very few acres in Australia, would support a family. Similar 6oil in the United States of America was made to produce £4OO per acre. The Government should introduce experienced men. Lucerne was the best crop for irrigation.
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Evening Star, Issue 14525, 29 November 1910, Page 6
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104AUSTRALIAN LAND Evening Star, Issue 14525, 29 November 1910, Page 6
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