THE IREIGATION AGE. 



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The Northern Pacific Railway v 



Traverses the 



Spokane Valley, Washington j 



Spokane Valley Possesses Ideal Conditions for the Raising of 



Vine, Bush and Tree Fruits 



Strawberries, Melons, Raspberries, Dewberries, Apples, Peaches, Pears, 



Cantaloupes, Grapes, Blackberries, etc. Apricots, Plums, etc. 



GARDEN TRUCK YIELDS BIG PROFITS. 



C. Spokane Valley is only a few miles from the city of Spokane (with a population of 120,000). 

 This city is a large Wholesale Distributing Market for all kinds of Produce. ^ Spokane Valley 

 has a rich volcanic soil, and all the irrigation projects established here have a reliable water supply. 

 This valley is a "land of sunshine." 41. Spokane Valley has electric and steam railroads, tele- 

 phone lines, rural routes, perfect wagon and auto roads, fine schools and churches. A perfect country 

 home, with all the advantages of city and country life, can be secured here. ^ Spokane Valley 

 can prove its value by statements and testimonials of the people living in it, who are making big 

 interest on the money invested, and receiving a large income from their labor. 



Why do you not get 10 or 20 acres of land in this choice location ? You can, by doing so, make 

 yourself independent in your old age, with a reliable income and a home of your own. 



The question which causes many to hesitate at embarking in the business of fruit raising is the fact that four 

 or five years must elapse after securing the land and planting the trees before the apples are ready for market. 

 What to do in the meantime has been the problem in most irrigated countries. Don't hesitate on this account in 

 your consideration of lands in the Spokane Valley. Do you know that these lands, when all irrigated, cannot over- 

 stock the near-by markets in melons, tomatoes, sweet corn and other vegetables? Strawberries, raspberries, dew- 

 berries and blackberries, which can be raised in wonderful quantities and can find ready sale at high prices in the 

 city, in the mining camps, in the lumber camps and in the wheat raising country, all within a few miles, and all 

 easily accessible at a very small cost of shipping. Our farmers have, in many cases, made fine returns from the 

 crop raised between the trees as they expect to receive from their bearing orchards. There is a little more work to 

 it, but the net return justifies it, and the markets at their doors make such returns as the following possible: 



Justin Clark. Spokane Valley, Wash., states: "I sold 

 $670 worth of dewberries from three-quarters of an 

 acre of two-year-old vines." 



W. G. Cook, Spokane Valley. Wash., writes: "One- 

 fourth acre of onions yielded 70 sacks; sold at $1.20 

 per cwt., brought $105." This is over $400 per acre. 

 Also: "We have had no killing frosts as yet, and toma- 

 toes and such tender vegetables are still growing." 

 (October 19th, 1907.) 



Theo. Epling. Spokane Valley, writes: "I put in 1% 

 acres of early potatoes and sold $155 worth from that, 

 and then planted the same land to table beets and now 

 have as fine a crop as you ever saw, ready for the mar- 

 ket. Will get at the rate of 8 tons per acre. I believe, 

 and they, are selling here at the rate of $1 per 100 

 pounds. 



A. P. Ohlson, Spokane Valley, writes: "I raised 450 

 boxes of tomatoes from about one-half acre, which aver- 

 aged 50 cents per box. I got $60 from less than one- 

 fifth acre of dewberries (first year crop). Everything 

 planted has grown in abundance and have had no trou- 

 ble in selling all I could raise. My cherry trees, planted 

 two years ago, are fully two inches in diameter and 

 eight feet high; other trees in proportion." 



A. M. Richardson, Spokane Valley, writes: "I have 

 done especially well with potatoes (250 sacks per acre), 

 tomatoes, squash and cabbage. Potatoes have sold at 

 $1 per cwt. I consider the market the very best. On- 

 ions have done especially well and pay $350 to $500 per 

 acre. My two-year-old trees made three to five feet 

 growth since pruning in March, and some 150 feet limb 

 growth per tree. My crops have been raised between 

 trees." 



NORTHERN 



Take the 



PACIFIC RAILWAY 



to 



Spokane Valley, Washington 



For Information regarding Fares, 

 Train Service, etc., write to 



A. M. CLELAND, Gen. Pass. Agent 



Northern Pacific Railway 

 St. Paul, Minn. 



REMEMBER THE 



Seventeenth 

 National Irrigation 



Congress 



SPOKANE 



August 9 to 14, 1909 



For Descriptive Printed Matter, 

 write to 



C. W. MOTT, Gen. Emig. Agent 



Northern Pacific Railway 

 ' St. Paul, Minn. 



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