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AGRICULTURE 



IN TlIK VICINITY Ol' 



PULLMAN, WASHINGTON. 



The State as a Whole. 



In ordhr to convey a comprehensive idea of agriculture in the state 



it may be stated that Washington is divided into three very distinct 



Tf> D' agricultural sections. That portion lying west of the 



Cascade mountains is characterized by a rainfall of 40 to 



tinct oections ^^ inches, and is covered by timber, mostly evergreens. 



About 300,000 acres of the land is in cultivation, devoted mostly to fruit, 



dairying and vegetable gardening. Oats is the only important grain 



crop, and timothy and red clover are the principal hay crop. There 



-,, are homes in Western Washington for thousands of men 



who are willing to clear the land. The expense of 



west i>iae clearing varies from about 130 per acre where the timber 



is lightest to $150 where the tim1)er is heavy. 



The other two sections lie east of the Cascades. The one consists 



of valley lands adjacent the rivers in central Washington, with light, 



—., . ^ J sandv soils, and a rainfall of 6 to 10 inches, crops being 

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grown only under irrigation. There is still a consider- 



District. ,^y^^ ^^^^ ^^ \2in(i capable of being irrigated when cap- 

 italists are willing to furnish the money necessary to build ditches. 

 There is also some unoccupied land under existing ditches. The total 

 area under irrigation in the state is about 150,000 acres. The prin- 

 cipal crops are fruit and alfalfa. 



_, _, , The remaining section consists of upland prairies where 



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the rainfall is sufficient to produce crops without irriga- 



Country. ^-^j^ Wheat is the leading croj) in this section, there 

 being about 2,000,000 acres of wheat grown annually. In order to 

 give a clear idea of the part of the state under consideration, it is 

 r W ti necessary to refer to the rainfall map .iccompanying this 

 article. It will there be seen that in the central part of 

 out Irrigation. ^^^^ state lies a large area having an average annual rain- 

 fall of less than 10 inches. The irrigated section lies within this area. 



