THG J0URNi\l9 



OF 



Tfie department of Mgricufture 



w^ ^ --IBRARY 



OP '^EW YORK 



BOTANICAL 

 VICTORIA. lARDBM. 



Vol. VIII. Part 11. 



10th November, 1910. 



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IRRIGATIO?^. 



G. H . Tolley, Manager, W yiiiia Irrigation Farm. 



In most countries pursuing a policy of development by irrigation, 

 centres for instruction are established with \ery little regard to expense of 

 upkeep, the main object being to teach and to determine, by continuous 



I. RIVER MURRAY AT MILDURA. 



experiment, methods of irrigation and cultivation, varieties of products, 

 efficiency of implements, etc., most suitable to different localities; and, 

 by means of demonstrations and lectures, to provide such information for 

 the agriculturist as by reason of his circumstances he is in most cases 

 unable to determine for himself. In addition, extensive trials are con- 

 ducted in scientific methods of feeding stock and in preparing and market- 

 ing products. 



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