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Show I Head Tells I of Farming I inAustralia I Salt Lake, April IS. El wood Mead I irrigation expert of the Australian 4 government and one of the world's V boat authorities on reclamation matters, mat-ters, spoke to a large audience In the main dining room of tho Commercial Commer-cial Club yesterday noon. Professor Mead was formerly of Wyoming, and was Intimately associated with Senator Sen-ator Warren and Senator Carey In tho development of tho arid lands of that state. Professor Mead gave some very Interesting In-teresting Information regarding tho irrlgatlonp radices of Australia, one of tho most advanced countries of the world In this respect. Concerning the i irrigation practices of Australia, ono part: I have been for several years In Australia working out an agricultural and sociological problem. Australia has always had land and water, but thero were no settlors. Tho great problem was how to get settlors to como from distant lands. A study was mado of colbnlzatlon methods. This has never been done in the Unl-nil Unl-nil States. They studied how to mako tho settler Independent In tho shortest time. It was known that his capital would bo limited. Of courso money was no bar to a settler, but tho plans wero mado especially for those with little money. Each settler is allowed at least ten and not more than eighty acres of land. The government, gov-ernment, builds fourteen different kinds of houses to suit the tastes of tho Bettlers. The Btate then develops one fourth of tho land tho settler acquires, ac-quires, ho paying ono fifth of tho cost In cash, the balance In long time loans. Experts are provided for. all farmers thus the fruit grower doqs C not get located on a. dairy farm, and M bo on.- To tho man with Industry these aids are sufficient. Tho Indolent are looked after by placlng in each community a tactful, careful farmer, who prepares reports to the stato on what every farmer In his district Is doing. Tho Btato will loan to farmers CO per cent of tho valuo of all Improvements mado by tho farmer, and ho knows that unless his work Is done wpll a loan will not bo forthcoming. Tho reports pro-pared pro-pared by tho supervisor are open to Inspection of Jill. As a result of this system nlno out of every ten fanners fann-ers in Australia are on their feet fl- . .. . . .14 Ar M. mm. nanciany. " i " "" - cess the government is now preparing prepar-ing to go ahead on a greater scale than has yet been attempted. Money for irrigation work in Australia Aus-tralia cornea from savings banks and It seems to me that in this country, Instead of tho government lending money to banks, a better plan would be to use It for Irrigation work. The United States should atudy tho methods meth-ods of Australia aa present, mothods are driving settlers from this country to Canada and Australia. |