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Journal of Agricidture , Victoria. 



[lo Jan., 1912. 



Mr. Crouch, with his 30 wooden and 8 "cyclone" gates, has now 

 banished these nerve-racking, unsightly structures from his property, and 

 the equanimity with which he may now contemplate his gates will more 

 than compensate him for the trifling cost of installation. Mr. Crouch has 

 also replaced several miles of old fence by a neat substantial post and 

 dropper structure. 



Water Storage. 



This is one of the most important features to be considered in the drier 

 portions of the State. Though Nature has not provided the Wimmera 

 farmer with running creeks and rivers, she has provided an unlimited 

 supply of underground water of very good quality which may be obtained 

 from wells or bores. Over the greater portion of the district the sub- 

 soil is eminently suited for holding water, and very little is lost by 



RESIDENCE OF MR. C. E. DAHLENBURG. KIATA. 



seepage and drainage from properly constructed dams. However large 

 and numerous dams may be on any given property, it is always a com- 

 mendable practice to tap the unlimited underground stores of moisture, by 

 a bore or a well. 



Mr. Sanders has a well 278 feet deep, fitted with a windmill and 

 pump. A 7,000-gallon storage tank is located on the highest portion of 

 his holding, and from this the water gravitates through pipes and ball 

 taps to water several 320-acre blocks. There are thirty-nine dams, con- 

 veniently placed in various parts of the holding, and varying in capacity 

 from 700 to 5.000 cubic yards. In addition, there is a large swamp 

 occupying over 1,000 acres on a portion of the property; and this, in 

 latter years, has been covered with a fine body of perfectly fresh water. 



Windmills placed conveniently near the homestead furnish a supply 

 of water from neighbouring dams for the houses and gardens of Messrs. 



