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plied with the necessary amount of oroanic matter. Loams of this forma- 

 tion, with the clay subsoils are very common. In some places 



Soils That we have the washes from the upper g-lacier basins, with occa- 



Suit Are sional deposits of rock flour as fine as the volcanic ash. 



Not Hard The development of the horticultural lands will afford 



to Find. pleasant and profitable employment for hundreds of people, 



and will be the means of developing a type of rural life, and 



establishing rural homes that are equal to, if not surpassing- any rural com- 



munitv in the United States. 



Portion of Fruit Exhibit at 1913 Montana State Fair. 



The unlimited amount of natural water power makes possible a net- 

 work of electric lines to cover tlie valleys in the near future. 



The cosmopolitan group of people in almost every fruit community in 

 the State brings with them the determination to win. It is not an uncom- 

 mon sight to see doctors, railroad engineers, lawyers, school teachers, min- 

 isters, and in fact people from every professional calling located in a fruit 

 valley. It is uncommon, though, to find fruit-growers from the east growing 

 fruit in the western districts. This fact may appear unfortunate, yet it is 

 one of the most fortunate conditions to be found. 



— There is no miasma in Montana's climate. 



