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apples so famous. This is proven to be 

 due to the mild climate the year round. 

 The land values in these places will 

 never reach the value of the northern 

 fruit lands, but in comparison to the 

 price paid for the land, any invest- 

 ments here are surely good. In the 

 first place, land in Idaho and the sur- 

 rounding territory, with water rights, 

 is selling far below the same land in 



falfa can be readily sold to the ranchers 

 who occupy the hills and mountains 

 during the summer months, and who 

 are in the market during the fall for 

 their winter feed. 



The territory west of Colorado is in 

 its infancy. People by the thousands 

 are taking up land, there are opportu- 

 nities in every line, and all the small 

 towns are increasing in population and 



GRAPES ON IRRIGATED LAND 

 Small Vineyard on PayettcBoise Project, Idaho. Climate and Soil Well Adapted to Grape Culture 



Washington and Oregon, and for that 

 reason alone you cannot expect the high 

 values. However, small fruit such as 

 prunes, plums, grapes, cherries, peaches, 

 pears, apricots, and most all berries, 

 make an excellent yield. Sheep, cattle, 

 and hog raising in this territory where 

 grains and alfalfa are raised, is really 

 the best and most profitable investment. 

 Grains and alfalfa can be raised to 

 great advantage, and are very essential 

 to the sheep, cattle, and hog industry. 

 Profits in fattening hogs and cattle are 

 enormous. If the settlers do not own 

 their own stocks, all their hay and al- 



wealth accordingly. The people are 

 congenial, and the life is ideal. There 

 has never been an opportunity for a 

 safer investment for a person with 

 moderate means than at the present 

 time in the great irrigated tracts in the 

 West. The irrigation projects are for 

 the benefit of the masses, and as each 

 district is opened the land is taken up 

 immediately by the people who realize 

 and appreciate the great benefits that 

 can be derived from its wonderfully 

 productive soil. There are some irri- 

 gation projects which are not equal to 

 others, but there is only one thing for 



