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templates:! by the Reclamation Service, one of which, 

 known as the Huntley Project, will irrigate 30,000 

 acres and will be put under contract within a few weeks, 

 it is expected. The lands irrigated by this canal are 

 in the vicinity of Huntley Station on the line of the 

 Northern Pacific, a short distance east of Billings, 

 Mont. It is expected that at least two other good irri- 

 gation projects will be developed on the Crow Reser- 

 vation, as surveys already made indicate that they are 

 feasible and that their cost will be low. 



In Washington the Reclamation Service is endeav- 

 oring to remove the obstacles in the way of the Wash- 

 tucna Coulee Project, which is to irrigate 100,000 acres 

 of land in the vicinity of Pasco. This is one of the larg- 

 est projects so far undertaken by the Government and 



the latter are two projects for pumping from the Mis- 

 souri River in North Dakota, one in the vicinity of Fort 

 Buford and the other in the vicinity of Bismarck. The 

 engineers are working out the details of these two 

 projects. 



In addition to the projects of the Reclamation 

 Service there are a number of irrigation canals under 

 construction by private capital at different Northern 

 Pacific points. At Forsyth, Mont., the canal of the 

 Rosebud Land & Improvement Company, irrigating 12,- 

 000 acres, will be completed and in operation this year. 

 The Billings Land & Irrigation Company will also com- 

 plete a large canal irrigating 40,000 acres near Billings, 

 Mont. This company is now placing its lands upon the 

 market. The construction of a large sugar beet factory 



Tunnel Gates, Twin Falls Land & Water Co.'s Dam at Milner, Cassia County, Idaho. 



involves the construction of a large dam across the 

 mouth of the Washtucna Coulee, for the purpose of 

 creating a reservoir in which to store the waters of the 

 Palouse River. The principal obstacle lies in the fact 

 that the coulee is now occupied by the tracks of the 

 Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, a branch line 

 connecting with the Northern Pacific at Cannell. This 

 branch must be moved to higher land if the Government 

 engineers go forward with their plans. It is understood 

 that good progress is being made in the negotiations be- 

 tween the Reclamation Service and the Oregon Railway 

 & Navigation Company for the removal of the branch. 

 In all likelihood the work of constructing this irrigation 

 project will be commenced this year. 



Surveys have been made for a large number of 

 other projects along the lines of the Northern Pacific 

 Railway, some of which have been found impracticable 

 nnder present conditions and others possible. Among 



is now assured and a large irrigated area has been proven 

 to be splendidly adapted to the growing of sugar beets. 



On the table lands immediately east of Spokane 

 several canals have been and are now being constructed, 

 utilizing the numerous lakes in that district for storage 

 purposes. Under these canals irrigated lands can be 

 purchased at very reasonable terms. 



There is still a large area of irrigated land under 

 the constructed canals in the famous Yakima Valley 

 in Washington. An extension of the Sunnyside canal, 

 now one of the largest in the United States, is contem- 

 plated this year. This will water 200,000 acres addi- 

 tional. 



The Northern Pacific Railway has made arrange- 

 ments with the United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture and the State Experiment Station of Montana for 

 conducting a number of experiments in dry-land farm- 

 ing this year in Eastern Montana. These experiments 



