LOWER YELLOWSTONE PROJECT, MONTANA 

 Finished Portion of the Main Canal, Sixty Miles in Length 



cost of building the irrigation works. 

 This cost i- divided pro rata among the 

 lands benefited, and is payable in ten 

 annual instalment- without interest. 



That home-eeker- are not overlook- 

 ing tin- opportunity is evident. Hun- 

 dred- of inquiries are being received 

 daily at the office of the Reclamation 

 Service, and trainlouds of -ettler- are 

 ha-tening to the new field-. ( "onipact 

 farming comnumitie- are being estab- 

 lished along the canal lines, and village- 

 and town- are appearing as if by magic. 



The-e project- possess many condi- 

 tions in common. Kxcellent tran-p Tta- 

 tion facilitie- art.' afforded hv the 

 ('.. I;. iV <_).. Xorthern Pacific, and 

 ( ireat \orthern Railroad-, which con- 

 nect them with the Denver. Twin ('it 

 and Pacific o>a>t market-. The irrigable 

 land- are -urrounded by a fine l": 

 range' country, and alfalfa, the gl 

 Forage crop , .f the \\"est. is e-pecially 

 adapted to the -il and climate. The 

 lands lie at an elevation nf from three 

 thou-and { f' air thousand feet above 



sea level, the climate is healthful and 

 delightful, and the soil is of excep- 

 tional fertility. Sugar beet- promise to 

 be a profitable crop. A beet-sugar fac- 

 tory is already established at Killing-. 

 near the Iluntley project, and factorie- 

 on the other projects are assured as 

 soon as areas large enough to warrant 

 their establishment are cultivated. ' 

 reals, apples, small fruits, and garden 

 vegetables do well, and it i- probable 

 that the-e valleys will develop into ex- 

 cellent dairv countries. Many thriving 

 towns have sprung up along the rail- 

 road line-, so that all the farms will be 

 within -hurt distance- "f -hipping 

 points, ('heap fuel i- fund in the li-- 

 nite mine- <>f \rth Dakota and the 

 1 mine- and forests <>f Xorthern 

 \V\< uning. 



The Ian-!- now open t -ettlement un- 

 der the Sbo-hone project con-i-t -if 

 fifteen t lion -and acre- King about - 

 enty-tive mile- ea-1 of the Yellow-tone 

 National Park. The farm units are 

 eight v acres, and the building 



