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" Soil 



1^1 Culture 



^hai is The New System of 

 **3ci€n fific A griculture ? 



Nothing more than judgment and common sense shown in handling the soils of our 

 western tr.iccs so tnac tne rainfall may be held for Immediate absorption by the root 

 fibres of growing crops. It's a system that every farmer— Bast, West, North or South 

 —can prohtably toUow. It is the very essence of practical agriculture. It is a dis- 

 tinct revelation to Eastern and Central State farmers who have been depending on 

 24 to 30 inches of rainfall yearly. They wonder how our Colorado "Scientinc" farmers 

 can gather such remarkable crops on lauds once called "half deserts." 



Happy Prospects. Denver is rubbing its eyes, stirring itself in -wonder, gazing 

 in admiration at the great tracts bursting into green and growing crops of alfalfa, 

 corn, wheat and fruits, etc. (Explanation of ciils below.) white-faced farm houses, 

 broad-gabled barns, bowing maples, pi' k-blossomed orchards, dairy farms, wheat 

 and corn fields greet gladdenea eyes r\, every angle. Campbell's "Soil Culture" is 

 making wealth for Colorado farmer and manufacturer, for merchant and imple- 

 ment maker, for mail order concern -r " ' cal merchant. 



" Young Man I Go West, " said Horace Greeley. Within a decade or two 

 there will be little "West" left. Hundreds of thousands have heeded the call of 

 the early fifties. Thousands now are heeding our call 



''Hurry to Colorado" Now 



Buy with a few hundred dollars one of the cheap tracts now so generously 

 offered. Start to be independent. 



Start Small. You can start on a small acreage— 40 to 80— at prices running 

 from *s.50 to $16 per acre. We don't insist on all cash. A fifth or smaller part 

 is sufficient if you are a settler. 



L.ocation. The Bijou Ranch is only 42 miles from Colorado Springs, 65 

 miles from Denver, 5 miles from two easilv reached railroads— the Union 

 Pacific and Rock Island. A new branch of the Rock Island has recently 

 been surveyed thro' the property. 



Crops. Alfalfa roots and grows rapidly, sucking up through its 



freat '"root pipes" the "sheet water" which underlies the Bijou Ranch. 

 5,000 acres overlay this great supply of moisture that comes as near 

 as 6 feet to the surface. This is not a lake or open cave, but is the 

 under-soaking of the melting snows from the "earth ridge" formed 

 by the Eastern slopes of the Rockies. This water is easily, in 

 most places, reached by the average hand pump. Corn, wheat, 

 sugar-beets, oats, speltz, rye, potatoes, oarley, fruits of all 

 kinds, vegetables, grow under this system of Soil Culture. 



New Book, "The New Colorado'' Free 



Here's a fast passing opportunity. Here are cl 

 fertile soil, railroads, possibilities for great ii 



) cheap lands, 

 „ , increase in 

 land value's, healthful" climate, schools', etc. Embrace 

 this chance. Do it now. Get in line with hundreds of 

 others. Send for our new book— free, yet valuable— 

 "The New Colorado." It's a question-answerer. 

 Shows ten-inch map giving the location of lands, 

 distance from great business centers, markets, 

 shipping points, schools, churches, etc. It 

 tells how much money you'll need to get 

 started; how to figure profits; describes the 

 glorious climate with its sunshiny daya 

 and life-renewing nights, etc., etc. 

 Write for a copy today to Dept. 17 



The Farmers Land and 

 Loan Co., 



145 LaSalle St.. 

 Chicago. 111. 



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