LOWER YELLOWSTONE PROJECT, MONTANA 

 Finished Portion of the Main Canal, Sixty Miles in Length 



-cost of building the irrigation works. 

 This cost is divided pro rata among the 

 lands benefited, and is payable in ten 

 annual instalments without interest. 



That homeseekers are not overlook- 

 ing this opportvmity is evident. Hun- 

 dreds of inquiries are being received 

 daily at the office of the Reclamation 

 Servite, and trainloads of settlers are 

 hastening to the new fields. Compact 

 farming communities are being estab- 

 lished along the canal lines, and villages 

 and towns are appearing as if by magic. 



These projects possess many condi- 

 tions in common. Excellent transporta- 

 tion facilities are afforded by the 

 C, B. & O.. Northern Pacific, and 

 Great Northern Railroads, which con- 

 nect them with the Denver. Twin Cities, 

 and Pacific coast markets. The irrigable 

 lands are surrounded by a fine free- 

 range country, and alfalfa, the great 

 forage crop of the West, is especially 

 adapted to the soil and climate. The 

 lands lie at an elevation of from three 

 thousand to four thousand feet above 



sea level, the climate is healthful and 

 delightful, and the soil is of excep- 

 tional fertility. Sugar beets promise to 

 be a profitable crop. A beet-sugar fac- 

 tory is already established at Billings, 

 near the Huntley project, and factories 

 on the other projects are assured as 

 soon as areas large enough to warrant 

 their establishment are cultivated. Ce- 

 reals, apples, small fruits, and garden 

 vegetables do well, and it is probable 

 that these valleys will develop into ex- 

 cellent dairy countries. Many thriving 

 towns have sprung up along the rail- 

 road lines, so that all the farms will be 

 within short distances of shipping 

 points. Cheap fuel is found in the lig- 

 nite mines of North Dakota and the 

 coal mines and forests of Northern 

 Wyoming. 



The lands now open to settlement un- 

 der the Shoshone project consist of 

 fifteen thousand acres lying about sev- 

 enty-five miles east of the Yellowstone 

 National Park. The farm units are 

 eightv acres, and the building charge, 



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