UNITED STATES 



LAMATION SERVICE 



Government Irrigation Work During the Month. 



Gocd Lands A number of exceptional 



To Be Opened opportunities will be of- 

 This Spring .- , ^i • > ^, 



tered this sprmg by the 



Government for enterprising and in- 

 telligent farmers to secure choice farms 

 on a dozen or more large irrigation 

 projects which are now nearing com- 

 pletion. 



Owing to the rapid narrowing of 

 the limits of the unoccupied public do- 

 main, it is doubtful if these opportuni- 

 ties will ever occur again. It is prob- 

 able, therefore, that the West will see 

 in 1908 one of the greatest influxes of 

 homeseekers that has been witnessed 

 in many years. 



The great fertility and wonderful 

 crop yields from irrigated lands, and 

 the favorable terms the Government 

 offers settlers, warrant the belief that 

 before the vear closes not a single 

 farm will be without its entryman. 

 These farms are located in North Da- 

 kota, IMontana, Wyoming, Nevada, 

 and Kansas. 



A letter addressed to the Statisti- 

 cian, U. S. Reclamation Service, 

 Washington, D. C., will secure full in- 

 formation concerning the location, soil, 

 climate, crop possibilities, and terms 

 of disposal. 



In Montana 

 For Instance 



Uncle Sam has 412 

 choice 40-acre farms in 

 IMontana which he offers 

 to-day, on very easy terms, to practi- 

 cal farmers who are citizens of the 

 United States. 



These farms are in eastern Mon- 

 tana, in the beautiful valley of the Yel- 

 lowstone River, one of the richest ag- 



ricultural sections of the Northwest. 

 Each is located within three miles of a 

 railroad, and each is irrigated by one 

 of the best irrigation systems in the 

 world. 



The lands lie at an elevation of 

 3,000 feet above sea level. The cli- 

 mate is delightful, the soil of excep- 

 tional fertility, producing abundant 

 crops when watered. Wheat, oats, rye, 

 barley and alfalfa are the principal 

 crops grown. Alfalfa yields fiv^ tons 

 per acre, and is selling to-day at $5 

 per ton in the stack. Apples, small 

 fruits, and vegetables do well here. An 

 especially proftable crop i= the sugar 

 beet, which last year in the valley 

 yielded nearly $50 per acre net, when 

 properly cultivated. 



Detailed information concerning the 

 available lands and terms may be ob- 

 tained by addressing the Statistician, 

 U. S. Reclamation Service, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



Villages 

 on Sun 

 River 



Eleven tracts of land, 

 mostly quarter-sections, 

 have been withrlvriwn 

 from public entry and 

 segregated for townsite purposes in 

 connection with the Sun River pro- 

 ject, Montana. This segregation is for 

 the purpose of carrying out the Re- 

 clamation Service farm village idea, 

 which provides for a village about 

 every six miles. On the whole Sun 

 River project there will be nearly 

 twenty of these little towns. No set- 

 tler will be more than three or four 

 miles from one of these villages, and 

 he will thus be in close touch with the 

 usual town facilities. 



