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apples so famous. This is proven to be 

 clue to the mild climate tin- year round. 

 The land value- in these places will 

 never reach the value of the northern 

 fruit lands, hut in comparison to tin- 

 price paid for the land, any in\ 

 ments here are -urel\ good. In the 

 first ]>lace. land in Idaho and the sur- 

 rounding territory, with water right-. 

 is selling' far he low the -ame land in 



falfa can be readily s- .Id to the ranchers 

 who occupy the hills and mountains 

 during the summer month-, and who 

 are in the market during the fall for 

 their winter feed. 



The territory west of ( lolorado is in 

 its infancy. 1'eople by the thousand- 

 are taking up land, there are opp. ,rtu 

 nitics in every line, and all the -mall 

 towns are inm-a-ing in population and 



GRAPES ON IRRIGATED LAND 

 Small Vineyard on Pay:tte-Boi*c Project, Idaho. Climate and Soil Well Adapted to Grape Culture 



Washington and ( >regon. and for that 

 reason alone you cannot expect the high 

 value-. However, small fruit -nch as 

 prunes, plums, grape-, cherries, peaches. 

 pears, apricot-, and nio-t all herrie-, 

 make an excellent yield. Sheep, cattle 

 and hog raising in this territory where 

 -rains and alfalfa are raised, i- really 

 the he-t and nio-t profitable investment. 

 < .rains and alfalfa can be raised t> 

 -reat advantage, and arc' very essential 

 to the sheep, cattle, and hog industry. 

 Profits in fattening ho-- and cattle are 

 enormous. If the settler- do not own 

 their own stocks, all their hav and al- 



uealth accordingly. The people are 

 congenial, and the life i- ideal. There 

 ha- never been an opportunity for a 

 safer investment for a person with 

 moderate means than at the present 

 time in the great irrigated tracts in the 

 We-t. The irrigation projects are for 

 the benefit of the masses, and as each 

 district is opened the land is taken up 

 immediatelv by the pe >ple \\lio realize 

 and appreciate the great benefits that 

 can be derived from its wonderfully 

 productive -oil. There are some irri- 

 gation projects which are not equal to 

 other-, but there is only one thing- for 



