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America. In a short time I hope to be able to advertise 

 widely the irrigation possibilities of the state, as there 

 will be a large number of holdings in the projected ir- 

 rigation districts available. But what I would like best 

 of all would be to encourage representative farmers and 

 irrigators from these countries to visit Victoria. I 

 would gladly put every facility in their way, and be- 

 lieve it would pay the Government and be in the inter- 

 ests of the fanners of the. state to even pay the expenses 

 of two or three representative men. Three farmers of 

 standing and experience in America, for instance, could, 

 if they came to Victoria, visit all the principal farming 

 districts of the state, and, if the time of the year were 

 suitable, attend the Eoyal and other agricultural shows 

 Ballarat and Bendigo, and like events in the Goul- 

 burn Valley, Western district, Gippsland and elsewhere. 

 Such a tour by the class of men I have in my mind's 

 eye would be a most valuable one from the point of view 



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judge of the capabilities of the soil, and at the shows 

 they would see the class of produce our land produces. 

 The goods on view 'in our show windows' at the Royal 

 and other shows could not fail to impress them, and, 

 being impressed, they would be moved to speak on their 

 return home with more enthusiasm than they would if 

 they came here at an 'off period of the year and were 

 able to see the land only, without having an opportu- 

 nity to examine the results capable of being derived 

 from it." 



[The above is reproduced from the Argu-s, Mel- 

 bourne, Australia.] 



THE RUSTIN IRRIGATION CHNflL CXCRVHTOf? 

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F.C.HUSTIN DK-FIIMHGE: 



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we are discussing, for in the course of, say, two months 

 of travel through such parts of the state as are adapted 

 to irrigation, together with their visits to the various 

 shows, they would learn much, and be in a position to 

 take back to their own country sufficient information to 

 be able to speak informatively to their friends as to the 

 advantages Victoria offers to the farmers who are versed 

 in the arts of irrigation and crop-growing under that 

 system. In their country tours they would be able to 



Send $2.50 for The Irrigation Age, one 

 the Primer of Irrigation, a 260-page finely i 

 work for new beginners in irrigation. 



year, and 

 llustrated 



