The Midland Railway Company of Western Australia’s Ready-made Farm Scheme

How to secure a Farm. Application should be made either personally or by letter to the Secretary. A Form will then be supplied to the applicant, who is required to state thereon his age, and experience, the amount of capital he possesses, whether married or single, and the number and ages of those composing his family. This information is essential to avoid any risk of disappointment.

The best kind of Settler! Where there are so many sources which supply first-class settlers, it would perhaps be invidious to make distinctions, but this scheme is one specially calculated to appeal to gentlefolk, - country squires and their sons; officers retiring from His Majesty’s Army and Navy; graduates of agricultural colleges; and so on.

Capital Required. It will be seen on reference to another page that these farms run to about £2,000 each. An applicant should have at least sufficient to pay his deposit of 10 per cent., say, £200; this first year’s instalment, £90, and interest, £99; and to maintain himself and his family for the first twelve months, say, £200; with a margin over for purchase of stock implements; &c.; say £1000 in all; with which capital a good living is assured from the very start, improving rapidly yearly as he clears and cultivates more land.

What to Grow. The company say unhesitatingly to settlers in regard to this question, Wheat must be the backbone of your produce. What gold is to the mineral world wheat is to the cereal world. It is a standard. (Standard bread is made from it.) Given so much gold or so much wheat you know where you are; therefore, always keep a fair acreage under wheat, whatever you do with the rest of your holding. Other cereals produces are oats, barley and maize. Fruit of every description may be grown, and for the specialist on suitable land oranges and vines may be profitably raised. Potatoes, onions, and all such root crops find a ready market.