Irrigation Farming 1 in Australia. 



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the fourth year does the full rate come into force. In South Aus- 

 tralia, too, a local advisory board assists in the general manage- 

 ment of the settlements, although this is under the direct control of 

 the Government. Four members of the board are block-holders, 



VIEWS SHEWING 

 BENEFITS OF IRRIGATION 



IN 



CULTURE OF LUCERNE 



AND 



FRUIT TREES. 



elected by the general body of local lessees, and the fifth a com- 

 petent Government officer, who is appointed Chairman of the Board. 

 There is no such Board in the other States. In assisting the settler 

 to carry out primary improvements the Government may advance 

 him up to $72.00 per acre for the purpose of making improvements 

 under a first mortgage of his block to the Minister, and repayments 

 are over twenty annual instalments. Or the Government will ad- 

 vance up to $2880.00 on improvements already effected.. 



In each State small areas of dry country outside the irrigation 

 blocks may be obtained by irrigation farmers who want room to 

 run stock on. No settler can take up more than one irrigation 

 block, though in the case of a family there would be nothing to 

 prevent sons and daughters over 18 years of age each having an 

 adjacent 5o-acre block, and this is frequently done. 



