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Both irrigated and non-irrigated farming is practiced in Richland county. 

 In the eastern section of the county lies the Lower Yellowstone project of the 

 United States reclamation service, one of the largest irrigation projects in the 

 west; in the western and northern sections, non-irrigated farming is followed on 

 a large scale and with exceptionally satisfactory results. 



Sidney, the county seat, which is reached by branch lines of the Northern 

 Pacific and Great Northern railroads, is a remarkably well built city of about 

 1,500 population and growing very rapidly. It has all modern improvements, 

 including a water system, electric lights, well graded streets and miles of 

 concrete sidewalks. Its business blocks are of the most modern, fire-proof con- 

 struction, which would not be out of place in a town many times the size. 



Pairview, the second town of importance in the county, is along the state 

 line between Montana and North Dakota and is growing rapidly. It has a population 

 of about 900, and is a well built, progressive little city. Fairview is in the 

 center of the Lower Yellowstone project and has every chance of becoming one 

 of the finest farming towns in the state. Lambert, in the western part of 

 the county, has for the past year been the temporary terminal of the new 

 Great Northern extension from New Rockford to Lewistown and has enjoyed 

 a large trade with the country to the north and west. This road is now being 

 extended westward a distance of twenty-five miles and will, it is believed, be 

 put through to Lewistown within the next few years. 



An exceptionally large number of new settlers have gone into Richland 

 county within the past three years and what homestead land remains is some 

 distance from the railroads. Large private holdings, however, including much 

 Northern Pacific land, has recently been put on the market and many buyers 

 are coming into this section of the state. Improved irrigated land sells for 

 between $40 and $50 per acre, and unimproved irrigated land at from $25 to 

 $30. Non-irrigated benchland ranges in price from $30 for improved to $10 for un- 

 improved. 



The estimated population of Richland county is 18,874 and the assessed valuation, 

 in 1915, was $5,554,436. 



LAND AREA — Richland county, which is in the Lewistown and Miles City 

 land districts, embraces an area of 2,703 square miles, including 306,085 acres of 

 unreserved and unappropriated public land available for entry under the home- 

 stead law and 86,888 acres of state land. Of the total area of the county, 728,018 

 acres are privately owned. 



CROP PRODUCTION— The following gives the estimated crop production for 

 1915: wheat, 1,500,000 bushels; oats, 1,350,000 bushels; barley; 65,000 bushels; corn, 

 125,000 bushels; flax, 100,000 bushels; potatoes, 97,000 bushels; hay, 25,000 tons. 



In 1915, the assessor's rolls showed .the following livestock: horses, 15,992 

 head; milch cows, 2,992 head; other cattle, 9,404 head; sheep, 3,154 head; swine, 

 3,695 head. 



ROSEBUD COUNTY. 



Rosebud county was created in 1901 from a part of Custer county; and in 

 January, 1913, a large area in the western and southern parts was taken by the 

 new county of Big Horn. Rosebud is one of the counties in the Yellowstone 

 valley. It has been developing very rapidly in recent years but Is still sparsely 

 settled and offers excellent opportunities to homeseekers. Stock growing was 

 almost the only industry when the county was organized and is still a very 

 important one. Large quantities of wool and large numbers of beef cattle are 

 annually shipped. 



