vi Agricultural Gazelle of N.S. W. [Feb. 2, 1920. 



The Great 



*' Murr umbidgee '' 

 Irrigation Scheme 



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



r Orchardist, Vegetable Grower, Dairyman, Viticulturist, 



Land Poultryman, Pig Farmer, Fat-Iamb Raiser, 



Bee Farmer, General Farmer. 



Land 



LIBERAL AND PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE TO SETTLERS 



Fertilp ^^ ^"^ easiest of terms. 



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

 ment as the Oommission may think fit to impose, Settlers may 

 obtain an advance or have payment of rent and water rates 

 suspended. Trees and Vines may be purchased from the 

 i Commission's Nursery — Specially selected Dairy Stock are obtain- 



able — Pedigree Sires on liberal terms — Railway Concessions are 

 granted on New South Wales Railways. 



(jhpnr) (Change of pofiey may require alteration of terms of Assistance.) 



SPECIAL ADVANTAGES. 



The whole 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 

 employed by the State. 



The climate of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas is dry and 

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



Water is supplied solely by gravitation (no pumping required) 

 at a remarkably cheap rate. 



Butter, Bacon, Cheese, and Canning Factories and a pulping 

 plant have been established in connection with the scheme. 



Schools, Churches, Banks, and Stores are established. 



Water 



Ample 

 Water 



No Bat- 



lUllfl^ Information on every point; special pamphlets on Fruit Growing 



for LQHC/ ^°^ Poultry Farming are obtainable on application. 



Partleulan regarding Irrigation Farms mav he obtained from 



The WATER CONSERVATION and IRRIGATION COMMISSION, 



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



The RESIDENT COMMISSIONER, 



Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission, Leeton. 



