THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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acres under the Carey Act project of the North 

 Platte Canal and Colonization Company, in Wyo- 

 ming. These lands are mesa or table lands lying 

 from 50 to 200 feet above the river. Between this 

 table land and the river there is bottom land about 

 one mile in width which has been irrigated for a 

 number of years, the principal crops being alfalfa 

 and native hay, sugar beets and small grains. 



On the south side of the river under the Fort 



acres, depending upon the physical character of the 

 land. In arranging the farm units non-irrigable 

 tracts were attached to farm units wherever prac- 

 ticable, so that the settlers might be given the use 

 of as much dry land as conditions permit. This non- 

 irrigable land is not taxed with water charges. 



Town and Community Life 



The great and expansive plains from which the 

 old deserted highway is fast disappearing, leaving 



1091 Flume. Hawk Springs, Wyoming 

 1092 Hawk Springs Reservoir, Wyoming 



Laramie Unit, there are about 120,000 acres of 

 land awaiting development, the construction of the 

 main canal having been started in 1915. 



Size of Farm Units 



The average farm unit on the North Platte 

 Project contains eighty acres of irrigable land. The 

 total acreages of these units range from 40 to 160 



1093 Hawk Springs Reservoir and Dam, Wyoming 

 1094 Main Canal and Dam, Hawk Springs, Wyoming 



only thrilling memories of "The Pathfinder," the 

 "Forty-niner," the dashing soldier of fortune and the 

 patient pioneers, is rapidly becoming the home of the 

 prosperous small farmer and is undergoing a trans- 

 formation never dreamed of twenty years ago. The 

 days of the cattle baron in this valley are past and 

 he is being driven farther and farther into the hills 



