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REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



The following summary and table present figures on Carey-Act 

 operations in Oregon from their inception to the present time : 



SUMMARY. 



Total area granted to State acres__ 1,000,000 



Total area of segregations contracted for, applied for, 



and withdrawn temporarily acTes__ 593, 124 



Total of segregations contracted for do 295,350 



Total for wliicli applications are pending before General 



Land Office acres 87,178 



Total temporarily withdrawn from entry do 210,566 



Minimum lien authorized in any project $10 



Maximum Hen authorized in any project $60 



Number of projects now being developed 16 



Carey Act projects in Oregon, including scgratio-ns made and aiiplied for and 

 lands temporarily withdrawn from entry} 



1 Report Desert Land Board, 1909-10, State of Oregon. 2 Waste land. 



COLORADO. 



' Irrigable land. 



Colorado accei^ted the terms of the Carey Act in 1895, in the same 

 year as Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. This original enactment 

 of 1895, like the early laws of other States, was ineffectual in pro- 

 moting development, and but little was accomplished. The original 

 law remained on the statute books for 12 years and was then sujoer- 

 seded by the amendatory act of April 9, 1907, which is now in 

 effect. Under the terms of this act rapid development is taking 

 place. The general provisions of the law are practically the same 



