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THE IRRIGATION AGE 



Spokane last December. Unimproved land under the Entiat, and by virtue of the size and quality of its fruits 

 ditch ranges in cost from $400 to $1,000 an acre, ac- the Wenatchee Valley has received the designation "The 

 cording to location, while tracts with bearing orchards Home of the Big Red Apple." 



The Way Apples Grow in the Spokane Country. 



bring from $1,500 to $2,500 an acre. Numerous irri- There are also important works in the Spokane 



gation canals have been constructed in Chelan county, Valley, where 20 acres of land has been selected by the 

 which has three valleys, the Wenatchee, Chelan and federal Reclamation Service to demonstrate the value 



