The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-13
AUSTRALIA INVITES YOU DOWN
,oO mo acres OPEN To RIGHT
MIND OF SETTLERS.
Victorian En,oyS Are srouiinE for Them
Here and In England DR. El"""d
Nead. IrriEatIan ENP~ri. showed the
1ountr, u Needed and Could Get 'Em.

HIra| llepnTf mPnt IN NdNhih@''" "''
was professor IT irrigation m the Uni
yers,tv II california went oft 10 IN"
STATE It Victoria. Australia, 90 look over
.rua irrigation work that the victorian
Government had heen dong
put there they suffer from n dry season
when there - no water IN the streams Tor
tho -hssr and cattle that rr"du'" the
greatest part - the wealth of th" country
ivory few wears they have 100 addition
ought 50 severe that cntt'" and sheep
IN byth" thousands SON" wears ago
.snvsrnrrn' ct Victoria built hlg
,-r IN WORKS us' to supply the
farm. With water ior their stock m the
dry sea. The NlCtorians were not
us.,d 70 tn management ~ such thing,
- after losing lot Of money they called
In rpr Mead a. a specialist
He started things going IN the nigh.
direction and then he said: Why don't
YOU settle up all that fine farming land
that is used for grazing? That land IL
fertile Is properly Watered, the climate
Is ka thar Of California. and there isn't
arv reason why IL should not he the home
of A great agricultural community
They listened while DR. Mead told
what had been done on similar land in
I
thusias,ic But there was another thing
Where would the settlers come from
Fo- twenty-five years there had been
practically no immigration into Victoria.
and the sort Of Englishman that was
most ready to go out there was least de-
sired After the work was in shape and
enough settlers had removed from other
and 20 demonstrate that DR. Mead's
- - .N..ll.
'nav appointed a commission consisting
4 Dr Mead and II. Mckenzie the Minis
'sr for Lands Of the State. and sent II 90
England and the United States 20 see
what could he done 20 get the class %
settlers desired
~. Mead and Mr. Mckenzie have ar
nved at the \stor after spending two
months IN Great Britain Before they
left England more than no skilled farm
"-S and tairymen. each having more
than So capital. had engaged TO go to
Victoria. and Of farm laborers to whom
advantageous conditions were offered
80 many applied 20 go that the number
rad ~ 30 restricted Now the commits
.ra0 hopes 10 induce some experienced
Nm"rcan lrrlga'ion farmers to try Aus
'...a and Is hopeful that such a. have
'u-i the frozen wheat fields Of canada
ana hustled hack 10 whore IL was warm
..,v decide 20 make a try IN the southern
.ruII~ here.
Nr Mead. who - now chairman II the
Water Supply Commission ~ Victoria.
which controls tho water supply ~ the
state builds city reservoirs and has en-
ny authority over riparian nights. said
vs.ierday
The state 81 Victoria mas spent about
srGsN.u1O IN building irrigation works
Ir'ae are IN country whore you can
.-aw whea, and pasture cattle without
irrigation. but whore the rivers dry up
DO summer when the Govern usnt huil'
- works the country was only =par-elV
poHuIl'od and m" large holdings ~ Land
were uscd only a. cattle and sh"ep range~
The State l"oa'n" convinced that to
make the most ont 81 this country n
must have people th"rc =" " rerurchased
something like I0o.Gso rcr"s Of lands and
sent the Minister II Lands and myself
on 10 get settlers Tor them In coming
to- this country W. had TWO PURPOSES
one to get people 20 settle upon the lands
and the other to study methods Of agrl
ciilture. particularly II the irrigation
kind. Of which such great success has
been made here.
The fact that there was such crafty
ing response TO our invitation IN Great
Britain makes no difference, m our ms
slon to the United Statss or 10 the feelin &
on there that IL would he very deeir able
to have close intercourse with America
We are hoping 20 get some export Irri.
satlonIsts from here 10 60 ont there and
awak.n business men to "A realization Of
rns fact that Australia has really great
lutentialities In business and IA "A politl-
o.. --nss and that it Is on the western
-,1' Ot america.
1'"d States IL - great English
.akinR country. and II IN only half a.
FAR from the United States as u ~ from
ngiand Yet IL has only about tn" sam"
u, llation as 70 had at the Gloss, of NJ"
, ...olution Nevertheless u ranks third
,- q. purchaser OF British made goods
80 a large buyer n country must be-
'4rg. producer. and Aust raiIa stands
.'.y ahead Of any other country IN
% '"r capita production, which - $3.50
NI'tOrIa the wealth per capita ~ NOR"
g 80
k.-'ralIa docs not buy 80 largely from
.0untry because there are nsithe-
-ulpping facilities nor the trad"
..' NJ that exist with England But
.'fDrtunity ~ there. and the neal
.. rromises a great deal in this dI.
zee hail be- in this country until No
We are going to Washington
ago. n Pueblo, Col. where we ar"
.. ... "Ssnt the Australian Government
. 90. Ir-I CATION congress. and then 10
To-. nave to deliver some lectures
uIE.f-ities Of Iowa and California,
". .." r-r"cislly Interested IN two
.... ~ colorado and California.
..-. -''e sugar beet industry The State
..'.-rt mas "A sugar factory. and We
''..- here TO get an American
r,i"ut for IL For another thing.
..r -'Idy tho business ~ lamb
.......E . he alfalfa districts We
beg nnIng 10 grow alfalfa IN
tN'-l.1 all there the matter 81 pro-
.Iug - m 'h, irrigated districts ~ I'M
.'lH.Iy Irp'rihls OH can raise siN
-, Of 70 40 a year
l'"r" Ha,uR no cold winter in Victoria.
-..-.t raIser Can pasture cattle and
> 'r 'l" rangs 10 the open. without
..'E '"W up q -'nRle day. They feed
." green Rra-- ~ the winter and On
'.I"l grass Va the summer In "A
wear vpI can grow wool very
nj. wool industry has enor-
.-.F ,-,uaudai N the last few years.