FOREST POLICY. 



9. Irrigation: The climate, owing to high altitude, and the 

 soil of Wyoming do not predestine the State favorably for agri- 

 cultural pursuits. Grazing and mining must remain its staple 

 industries. 



In the north, near Sheridan, at an altitude of only 3,700 

 feet, irrigation has been most successful. 



The irrigated farms mostly hay farms are of large size. 



One of the most interesting irrigation systems tunnels the 

 Laramie Mountains, so as to deliver the waters of the Laramie 

 River to a rutmber of canals on the east side of the mountains. 



The irrigation works constructed previous to 1899 cost 

 $4,000,000 and supply 610,000 acres of farm land, which produce 

 $2,000,000 worth of crops. 



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