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3IONTANA-1916 





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An Irrigated Potato Field. 



fertile character, usually perfectly sub-irrigated and suitable for the growing of all 

 kinds of crops. Such land is available for the most profitable kind of extensive cul- 

 tivation. Much of this land is held by the big lumber companies of the State, while a 

 considerable portion of it is in private ownership by original homesteaders and timber 

 entrymen. 



Roughly speaking the logged-off lands of Montana are in the counties of Lincoln, 

 which has approximately 20,000 acres of such land; Flathead, with 70,000 acres; Mis- 

 soula, 40,000 acres; Mineral, 35,000 acres; Sanders, 25,000 acres, and Ravalli, 30,000 

 acres. These lands will be sold on easy payments extending over a considerable pe- 

 riod of time. Generally speaking, land of this character can be bought on time pay- 

 ments of from $10.00 to $25.00 per acre, which is regarded by many as cheaper than 

 homesteading. The settler can get title at once by completing his payments, and can 

 sell as his land rises in value. 



The man who buys a stump ranch and clears up ten acres each year is merely 

 making an annual payment of $500.00 on a cleared ranch. The stump land produces 

 fine clover, blue grass and timothy pasture for cows, and even before clearing offers 

 an excellent opportunity for stock raising on a limited scale. 



Many of the finest orchards in the state were developed from cut-over lands, and 

 throughout the northw^estern part of Montana are to be found thousands of sturdy 

 farmers who have secured logged-off land and are building beautiful and substantial 

 homes in what was until recently a wilderness. The work is slow, of course, but its 

 reward is certain. 



