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  same 
  kind 
  of 
  land 
  converted 
  into 
  cultivated 
  fields, 
  changed 
  almost 
  

   overnight 
  by 
  the 
  bringing 
  in 
  of 
  water. 
  This 
  desert 
  land, 
  which 
  in 
  

   its 
  original 
  condition 
  was 
  valueless, 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  highly 
  productive 
  

   to 
  a 
  point 
  where 
  20 
  or 
  40 
  acres 
  are 
  adequate 
  for 
  the 
  support 
  of 
  a 
  

   family. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  physical 
  conditions 
  may 
  be 
  summed 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  state- 
  

   ment 
  that 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  1922 
  about 
  1,200,000 
  acres 
  of 
  reclaimed 
  land 
  

   had 
  been 
  cropped, 
  with 
  a 
  gross 
  crop 
  value 
  for 
  that 
  year 
  of 
  over 
  

   $50,000,000. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  this, 
  several 
  millions 
  of 
  dollars 
  were 
  

   returned 
  to 
  the 
  farmers 
  through 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  dairy 
  products, 
  live 
  

   stock, 
  pigs, 
  and 
  poultry. 
  The 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  crop 
  raised 
  on 
  the 
  

   reclaimed 
  lands 
  since 
  the 
  Government 
  reclamation 
  began, 
  not 
  count- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  products 
  from 
  older 
  areas, 
  to 
  which 
  surplus 
  water 
  has 
  been 
  

   furnished 
  from 
  storage 
  reservoirs, 
  amounted 
  to 
  over 
  $500,000,000. 
  

   This 
  gross 
  crop 
  return 
  has 
  come 
  from 
  an 
  expenditure, 
  in 
  round 
  num- 
  

   bers, 
  of 
  about 
  $130,000,000, 
  of 
  which 
  one-tenth 
  has 
  come 
  back 
  to 
  be 
  

   used 
  over 
  again 
  and 
  of 
  which 
  all 
  will 
  come 
  back 
  in 
  time. 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  valuable 
  results, 
  however, 
  are 
  not 
  measured 
  in 
  terms 
  

   of 
  money 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  homes 
  produced, 
  such, 
  for 
  example, 
  as 
  are 
  

   illustrated 
  on 
  plate 
  4 
  in 
  figure 
  1, 
  on 
  which 
  is 
  shown 
  the 
  waste 
  land 
  

   to 
  which 
  the 
  house 
  timbers 
  have 
  been 
  hauled. 
  Below 
  this 
  (pi. 
  4, 
  

   fig. 
  2) 
  is 
  a 
  view 
  after 
  the 
  land 
  has 
  been 
  transformed, 
  the 
  small 
  

   house 
  erected, 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  orchard 
  started 
  in 
  vigorous 
  growth. 
  

   In 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  impossible 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  building 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  

   rapid 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  trees. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  individual 
  farmers 
  who 
  have 
  built 
  their 
  homes 
  

   and 
  who 
  have 
  advanced 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  where 
  they 
  have 
  executed 
  con- 
  

   tracts 
  for 
  the 
  repayment 
  of 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  water 
  is 
  upwards 
  of 
  25,000. 
  

   In 
  addition 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  thousands 
  of 
  other 
  farm 
  units 
  to 
  which 
  

   water 
  is 
  being 
  brought, 
  and 
  which 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  reached 
  a 
  point 
  

   where 
  a 
  contract 
  for 
  repayment 
  has 
  been 
  made, 
  so 
  that 
  in 
  counting 
  

   the 
  areas 
  supplied 
  outside 
  of 
  strictly 
  reclamation 
  lands, 
  there 
  are 
  

   upwards 
  of 
  30,000 
  farms 
  dependent 
  directly 
  upon 
  the 
  works 
  built 
  

   under 
  the 
  terms 
  of 
  the 
  reclamation 
  hiw. 
  Mere 
  numbers, 
  however 
  

   mean 
  little 
  in 
  this 
  connection. 
  We 
  may 
  assume 
  that 
  each 
  pioneer 
  

   family 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  five 
  persons 
  — 
  the 
  father, 
  mother, 
  

   and 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  children 
  or 
  near 
  relatives, 
  all 
  helping 
  to 
  a 
  greater 
  

   or 
  less 
  degree 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  farm; 
  the 
  younger 
  or 
  weaker 
  

   members 
  are 
  attending 
  to 
  the 
  poultry, 
  and 
  so 
  on 
  up, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  

   strength, 
  to 
  the 
  more 
  vigorous 
  man 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  doing 
  the 
  heavy 
  

   work 
  of 
  plowing 
  and 
  putting 
  in 
  the 
  crops. 
  Thus 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  popula- 
  

   tion 
  of, 
  say, 
  150,000 
  people, 
  which 
  if 
  gathered 
  in 
  one 
  locality 
  would 
  

   make 
  a 
  good-sized 
  American 
  city. 
  This 
  number 
  of 
  people 
  is 
  located 
  

   in 
  25 
  or 
  more 
  separate 
  areas, 
  within 
  which 
  have 
  grown 
  up 
  many 
  

  

  