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Eleventh. What are your present transportation facil- 

 ities and are they adequate and satisfactory? 



Twelfth. What is the reasonable present average 

 value per acre of land in your project, exclusive of water 

 right, the value being computed on the basis of productive 

 capacity, interest being computed at 6 per cent, per an- 

 num, and what was the value thereof, exclusive of water 

 right, prior to the construction of the reclamation works? 



Thirteenth. Are nonirrigable public lands valuable for 

 pasture contiguous to or in the vicinity of your project, 

 and if so, to what extent and under what conditions are 

 the same now available for the stock owned by water 

 users? 



Fourteenth. What suggestion have you to offer for 

 legislation to make public pasture lands in the vicinity of 

 your project available for the use of those cultivating the 

 irrigated lands? 



Fifteenth. Is the farm unit of your project, as estab- 

 lished by the Secretary of the Interior, satisfactory, and if 

 not would the objection be removed by the addition of pas- 

 turage rights as suggested by the foregoing question? 



In answering the foregoing it is desirable that you 

 take into consideration the cost of wages incident to the 

 cultivation of a larger tract and the increased expense con- 

 nected with the initial cost and the cost of improvements. 



Sixteenth. What is your source of supply for fuel and 

 building materials and the average cost thereof? 



Seventeenth. To what extent have yon been aided in 

 your farming operations by information acquired from the 

 work of agriculture experiment stations, and demonstra- 

 tion farms established on the irrigation projects? 



Eighteenth. What are your school facilities and how 

 are school funds provided? 



Ninteenth. How, in your opinion, can Congress best 

 promote the general welfare of the water users and carry 

 out the purposes of the Reclamation Act? 



Reports from the various points visited by the com- 

 mittee indicate that much good resulted from the hearing 



HEAVY LAND SALES IN FECOS VALLEY 



\\ ith a railroad rapidly Hearing completion, a delightful 

 ill mate, reports of bounteous crops, and an unlimited reser- 

 voir supply of water for irrigation purposes, many home- 

 makers are being attracted to the Pecos Palisades, the sec- 

 tion now exploited by the United States & Mexican company 

 of Kansas City. 



Until within the last few weeks, the many advantages of 

 this district were unknown to other than the builders of the 

 irrigation system. Distant from either railroads or fre- 

 quently traveled trails, the superior qualities of the soil 

 and the use with which a permanent supply of water may 

 be stored, escaped the eye of exploring capitalists. 



Discovery of the Pecos Palisades was in the nature of 

 a "find." Because of the immensity of the proposition, and 

 the decision of its flnders to expect greater returns from rail- 

 road traffic than from the sale of lands, the tracts are now 

 being placed on the market at a price of $60 per acre. 



Little exploitation has been required from the United 

 States & Mexican Trust company after the first hundred tracts 

 were sold. Settlers, convinced by proof of harvests and the 

 near approach of the railroad work, that land values must 

 rise rapidly in the near future, have Induced their eastern 

 friends and relatives to make" purchases and it is reported 

 by the company in charge, that sales have reached enormous 

 figures within the last four weeks. 



As a part of its exploitation program, the company pre- 

 pared a souvenir booklet, indicating the many values of the 

 land and the liability to rapid advances in the price per acre 

 as soon as the new railroad had been opened for traffic. 

 In many respects, this booklet is unique and its chief sugges- 

 tion is that buyers "get there ahead of the railroad." Letters 

 from buyers of prominence in various parts of the country 

 are exhibited as proof that the conservative homeseeker has 

 been interested. Photographs give an excellent portrayal of 

 the beauty of the scenery and the bountiful harvests. The 

 latter is proven conclusively by authorative reports of yields 

 and harvests. 



Finding that the demand for land in the Pecos Palisades 

 exceeded all expectations and promised complete sale within 

 a few months without dependence upon the costly and 

 troublesome publicity campaign, the company now refuses to 

 distribute its costly souvenir unless it is apparent that the 

 applicant is a bona fide land seeker and is not requesting the 

 book merely out of curiosity. 



Aside from detailed information as to location of land, 

 climate, soil, railroad construction work and many other 

 facts in which the land seeker is interested, the company sub- 



You Must Level Irrigated Land 



And slightly slope it from water supply if your farm is to earn 

 good profits. The simple, quick, cheap way is to purchase a 



20th Century Grader 



and get the most money out of your land. The cuts (from 

 pages 21 and23of our catalog) show machine leveling land and 

 cutting ditches. Has reversible blade with which to throw up 

 borders. Has combination blade for cutting laterals and open 

 ditches. Has sage-brush cutter for grubbing out this trouble- 

 some growth. Thus this grader is adaptable not only to road 

 grading but to many other purposes. You ought to buy one. 

 Send now for free catalog and Special Irrigation Folder 

 entitled "Dollars in the Ditch." 



Baker Mfg. 



726 Fisher Building 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



Sage Brush Cutter on 20th Century. 

 Knives two inches below surface. 



Leveling Seed Beds n 



(Mr. Bluher) 



This ditch is 24 in. deep nd 30 in. wide. It carries 88 to 245 

 miner's inches of water, according to slope. 



