vi Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. [April 3,1920. 



The Great 



* * Mur r 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. 



LIBERAL AND PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE TO SETTLERS 

 Fprfilp ^^ ^^^ EASIEST OF TERMS. 



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

 / / ment as the Commission may think fit to impose, Settlers may 



LCl/KJ obtain an advance or have payment of rent and water rates 

 suspended. Trees and Vines may be purchased from the 

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



able — Pedigree Sires on liberal terms — Eailway Concessions are 

 granted on New South Wales Eailways. 



(jhpnn (Change of policy may require alteration of terms of Assistance.) 



Water s^^^'^*- 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 



Am nip ^'^^^^^'^^^^ ^^ *^^ state. 



/I 1 1 1 ^1 rpjjg climate of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas 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, llacon, Cheese, and Canning Factories and a "pulping 

 plant havc' been established in connection with the scheme. 

 Schools, Churches, ^Banks, and Stores are established. 



Water 



NoBal- 



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



fOrLoyid^^^^ poultry Farming are obtainable on application. 



Particulars regarding Irrigation Farms may be obtained from 



The WATER CONSERVATION and IRRIGATION COMMISSION. 



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



The RESIDENT COMMISSIONER, 

 I Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission, Leeton. 



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