vi Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. [Jan. 2, 1920. 



The Great 



'' Murrumbidgee '' 

 Irrigation Scheme 



Phpnn ^'^^ '"^^ ^^ chosen suitable for the 



r Orchardist, Vegetable Grower, Dairyman, Viticulturist, 



LcUld Pottltryman, Pig Farmer, Fat-Iamb Raiser, 



Bee Farmer, General Farmer. 



LIBERAL AND PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE TO SETTLERS 

 Porfjlp ON THE EASIEST OF TERMS. 



Subject to sueh conditions as to security and terms of repay- 

 I nnrJ n^eiit as the CkHnmission may think fit to impose, Settlers may 

 LUltiA obtain an advance or have payment of rent and water rates 

 suspended. Trees and Vines may be purchased from the 

 X Ck>mmission 's Nursery — Specially selected Dairy Stock are obtain- 



able — Pedigree Sires on liberal terms — Railway Concessions are 

 granted on New South Wales Railways. 



(jhpnn (Change of pofiey may require alteration of teram of Assistance.) 



SPECIAL ADVANTAGES. 



The whcde scheme is administered by the State Government, 

 and the products carried to market on Government-owned railways. 



^ Instruction and demonstration in Agricultural and Irrigation 



methods always available free of cost to the settler by experts 



Amnlp ®™p^'^y®*^ ^y *^® state. 



n 11 1 ^lO rpjj^ climate of the Murrmnbidgee Irrigation Area* is dry and 

 healthy — hot in summer, which makes it suitable for drying fruit. 

 Water is supplied solely by gravitation (no pumping required) 

 at a remarkably cheap rate. 

 •^ Butter, Bacon, Cheese, and Canning Factories and a paljang 



plant have been established in connection with the scheme. 

 hi n Qnl Schools, Churches, Banks, and Stores are established. 



Water 



'e 

 Water 



Information on every point; special pamphlets on Fruit Gr<«nng 



lofing 



for LClfid ^^^ Poultry Farming are obtainable on application. 



Partiealats regarding irrigation Farms may be obtained from 



The WATER CONSERVATION and IRRIGATION COMMISSION. 



Branch " C," 39 Hunter-street. Sydney ; 



The RESIDENT COMMISSIONER, 



Water Cooserration and Irrigation Commission, Leeton. 



