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cultivation is relatively very small when compared with 

 the very large area that will in the near future be made 

 to produce crops successfully. In this area small grains, 

 alfalfa and many kinds of fruits have succeed'ed well. 



The Columbia river basin includes a large portion of 

 Oregon, a considerable portion of eastern Washington, 

 the northern and western part of Idaho, and a part of 

 western Montana and southern British Columbia. With- 

 in this region is the Inland Empire, covering 150,000 

 square miles or not far from 100,000,000 acres. In this 



FIRST PRIZE DRY LAND FARM EXHIBIT. 



Products all Grown on the Farm of Tillman Reuter, Madras County, Oregon. 

 Courtesy Great Northern Railway Co. 



area the chief crop is wheat, but in portions where 

 the rainfall is highest fruits have been grown with much 

 success. In parts of this area, wheat has been grown 

 successfully, where, for many years, the average rainfall 

 has not been more than from 10 to 11 inches per annum, 

 and without apparent diminution in the yield. It is 

 chiefly grown in alternation with summer-fallow, which 

 was introduced about 1890. 



