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THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
September 1, 1908 
‘‘Proputty, Proputty sticks.” | 
Thus sings Tennyson’s ‘‘ Northern Farmer,” hearing the refrain in the hoofsbeats of his ~ 
horse. 
YOU CANNOT DO BETTER than invest your surplus funds in land. Australia is on the up-grade, and the man who misses _ 
his chances now will regret it in a few years time. 
HERE IS A BLOCK WORTH BUYING— 
PROSPECT.—2ZO0 acres, suitable for sub-division, price £1,000, and easy terms can be made. 
ANOTHER— 
CAMBELLTOWN DISTRICT—320 acres, 5-roomed house, £1,100. 
COUNTRY LANDS, including 14,926 acres Cooke’s Plains, 6,621 acres Coonalpyn, 1,853 acres Pinnaroo, 5,000 acres Yorke’s _ 
Peninsula (in lots), 110 acres, 4 miles from City, with Orangery, etc. 
INVESTMENTS, including 5 new City Cottages, £1,550, returning 8 per cent. net; 2 Houses, £725; and many others. 
CALL AND SEE ME. 
KX. EK. POWELEK, LAND AGENT, 
No. 2 (Basement) National Mutual Buildings, King William Street, Adelaide, 
(NEXT BANK OF ADELAIDE), 
TELEPHONE 1136. 
land for fruit production in South Aus 
tralia, Here. an annual rainfall of 
from 20in. to 27in. is precipitated. On 
the spurs of the undulating hills the 
apple, pear, plum, apricot, and peach do 
well, while on the richer flats and gully 
lands the Zante currant vine produces 
enormous crops of fruit, equal in quality 
to the finest grown in the Grecian 
Islands, This district contains vast 
areas of land suitable for these fruits. and 
so great has been the demand for blocks 
for fruit-growing that the land values 
have reached a high figure. The initial 
cost is from £5 to £15 per acre for the 
unplanted soil, but the slopes and valleys 
lend themselves to cheap tillage, and the 
establishment of the orchard may be 
estimated to cost from’ £15 to £25 per 
acre in consequence. ‘The road routes to 
the main north line of railway lead 
through Harrell’s Flat and Mintaro, at a 
distance of about 2 miles, or to Saddle- 
worth, which is from eight miles to 35 
miles from different portions of the 
district. About 50 miles further north 
the Wirrabarra and Beetaloo ranges of 
hills possess much good fruit-growing 
country. Here apples. pears, grapes, figs, 
plums, peaches, apricots, oranges, and 
lemons thrive in selected spots, which. 
are chiefly in the gullies and flats along- 
side the Rocky and other creeks. The 
rainfall here varies from 20in to 23in, and 
the wet and dry seasons are well defined. 
Although many miles from the point 
touched by steamers which carry fruit 
cargoes to Hurope, a profitable export in 
spples has been entered upon from this 
district. The fruitgrowers in this neigh- 
borhood command a large local market. 
being in proximity to Port Pirie, and in 
direct railway communication with the 
great mining centre of Broken Hill, 
All the foregoing areas over which fruit 
is produced are grouped along and 
among ranges of hills, the elevation of 
which ensures more regular rainfall and 
cooler atmospheric conditions than are 
met with in the open agricultural plains. 
Apart from these places, however, along 
the valley of the Murray River are es- 
tablished a number of irrigation settle- 
ments largely devoted to fruit raising. 
Here the conditions are peculiar, and 
a distinct type of growth is secured under 
the stimulating influences of irrigation 
and great summer heat. After passing 
through many vicissitudes of fortune the 
inhabitants of these settlements appear 
to have solved the problem of what they 
can produce successfully, and with charac 
teristic zeal and intelligence their 
enegies aré now being directed along these 
lines, After experimenting with nearly 
every kind of fruit they have emerged out 
of their difficulties with the knowledge 
that with their conditions the produc- 
tion of currants, raisins, pairs for eanning 
and drying, and citrus fruits may be 
carried on with much success indeed. It 
was from here Washington Naval oranges 
originated, which a leading English 
journal declared to be “ Undoubtedly the 
finest oranges which had ever entered - 
Covent Garden markets.” 
To any person who contemplates emi- 
grating from Europe, and more particu- 
larly to those who may possess a 
few hundred pounds capital, there is in 
this business an abundant field for his 
enterprise. To make a success the- 
beginner must not be afraid of hard 
work, and should he have received some 
itial training in horticulture, success is 
assured. Our most successfnl fruit- 
growers are men who, although starting 
with very limited means haye, by dint of 
hard work and the application of keen 
intelligence, raised themselves to their 
present position of comparative affluence. 
There is as yet good land awaiting the 
skill of the planter as any now set to 
orchards, and the world’s markets are 
being yearly brought into closer touch 
with the South Australian producer. 
Blessed with a climate to the evennesss of 
which the world offers no parallel, the 
fruitgrower may, on a properly chosen 
site, have something to send to market 
every month in the year, thus securing 
a continuous income, which is such an 
important consideration to the man of 
small capital. When added to all these 
undeniably great natural advantages it is 
considered that the newcomer may at 
once begin with a clear knowledge of the 
results of the accumulated experience of 
upwards of half a century’s work, it. 
must be admitted that he:starts equipped 
with all the forces which are essential to _ 
