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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



Those which contain considerable areas of land in pri- 

 vate ownership were not approved until practically all of 

 the land owners had made petition to the Government 

 for such construction. The promotion of irrigation 

 works by legitimate corporations has been beneficial to 

 the Government and vice-versa. Large corporations are 

 able to carry on the work of settlement in a manner 

 not permitted by the Government. They conduct a 

 real estate business while the Government does not. All 

 their advertising, however, creates an interest in the 

 country and the reflex benefit is received by the Gov- 

 ernment. The whole West has benefited greatly by the 

 very wide publicity the press of the country has gener- 

 ously accorded the work of the Reclamation Service. 

 Arid America is no longer "terra incognita." Its re- 

 sources and opportunities are now more widely known 

 than ever before. The Service is interested not only in 

 exploiting the lands embraced in its projects, it is also 

 directly concerned in the fullest possible development 



region long given over to sage-brush or buffalo grass- 

 is now covered with growing crops. It is a new epoch 

 for our land of silence and sunshine; an epoch of ma- 

 terial growth and prosperity, and continuous progress 

 toward higher ideals in agriculture as well as in the 

 life of the people. 



A SUCCESSFUL ENTERPRISE. 



The French Land & Irrigation Company of French, 

 Colfax county, New Mexico, with general offices at 604 

 Atwood building, Chicago, have the largest private irri- 

 gating enterprise in New Mexico. 



They now have practically completed an irrigation 

 system sufficient to thoroughly reclaim over 20,000 acres of 

 land in the famous Antelope valley. Their engineers, 

 Messrs. Field. Fellows & Hinderlider, of Denver, Colo., 

 pronounce this one of the finest irrigation enterprises that 

 have come under their notice, and assure the company 

 that there is no doubt whatever about their having an 

 abundant water supply, and the fact that this enterprise is 





HAULING 990BU.OF WHEAT, 



The above illustration gives one a good idea of the wholesale way in which farming operations are carried on 

 in the great grain growing regions of the West. The outfit belongs to A. Danicourt of Groton, S. D.. and the motive 

 power is a Hart-Parr Gas Tractor. The ground around Groton is comparatively level, and in the fall the roads are 

 ideal for the use of traction engines. 



of other areas. Is is from the disposal of such areas 

 that the bulk of money is received with which its work 

 is carried on. 



For the past year the Homeseekers' Bureau of the 

 Reclamation Service has been a busy branch of the 

 Washington office. With from 100 to 200 letters of in- 

 quiry coming daily from all parts of the world to be 

 answered, the volume of correspondence has been enor- 

 mous. The majority of these letters require personal 

 replies. It is gratifying to those in charge to know 

 that already 10,000 families have ventured into the 

 West to conquer a new country, largely as a result of 

 this work and the publicity which has been given it. 



The landless man has been invited to take up the 

 manless land.' Most of those who have accepted the in- 

 vitation have made that land laugh a harvest. New 

 homes are springing up everywhere in the desert, and a 



under the personal supervision of this firm of engineers 

 is sufficient guarantee that the work is thoroughly done. 



In addition to the system already in, plans have been 

 made to extend the system over the entire holdings of 

 this company, which include over 50,000 acres of as fertile 

 land as is found anywhere in the country. This company 

 also own the townsite of French, which is rapidly grow- 

 ing and affords unusual opportunities for those seeking 

 to establish a business in a new town that is bound to be- 

 come the chief trading point of a large and prosperous 

 community. 



Their advertisement appears on page 283 of this issue. 



Send $2.50 for The Irrigation Age, one year, and 

 $ the Primer of Irrigation, a 260-page finely illustrated 

 j* work for new beginners in irrigation. 



