Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-17

celvlng the attention it merits. One
irrigation project. carrying 10000
| inches of water, taken from the Yellow
stone river, is just about completed and
covers $4,000 acres of land lying under
1T. For richness, altitude and natural
| advantages this land is unsurpassed
in the state of Montana. There are at
the present time 10 artesian wells on
this tract. which vary from 27O to 500
feet in depth. Tributary and immedi-
ately adjoining these lands is an open
range OF unsurpassed quality, rolling
in character, with broad "f1ats" inter.
spersed with draws and coulees that in
winter afford protection against storms
| to stock and that covers an area of 125
miles north and south by 300 miles east
and west. The nature of this range is
suitable only for grazing. The ditch
In the near future will be completed, 16
miles further, covering about $4,000
more acres of land in Rosebud county
The company building the ditch pur-
chased from the Northern Pacific
Railway Co., each alternate section
and are improving these lands before
selling them. The government land
lying along this ditch has long been
settled upon. Besides the above there
is now under construction another ditch
which also takes it's water from the
Yellowstone river, in the extreme west
ern portion of the county, and that.
when completed, will cover from s. Ooo
to 1000 acres of land.
The county is traversed by two great
railways, The Northern Pacific, which
passes up the valley of the Yellow stone.
very nearly through the center of the
county, and the Burlington, which en-
tiers the county from the south and pro-
ceedlng northward, passing through
the western portion Of the county. and
forms Juncture with the Northern
Pacific, thus affording ample means
OF transportation to and from the large
centers OF traffic at all points of the
compass. ENTHUSIASTICALLY there are
few severe cold days in winter. as =
rule the winters are mild and omen
tne very cold weather rarely lasting to
exceed 4o hours. The summers are
warm and during July and Aupnst
the thermometer ranges quite often for
DAYS at time between 80 and los de-
grees. The season for growing crops
Is perhaps longer in this section than
III any other IN the entire state, being
practically from April Is to Oct. IS.
Almost all crops indigenous to the Mid
dle western states can be raised here
IN abundance. The average yield of
corn is from 40 to 90 bushels to the acre.
wheat so to 40 bushels to the acre, and
oats from 90 to IS bushels to the acre.
Alfalfa the prime feeding grass, pro-
ouces three cuttings per year and aver
ages from hive to six tons per acre and
hnds ready sale at from SIS to SO per ton.
AS rule the soil is of a LIGHT sandy
loan, with occasional patches of rich
black loan. With irrigation immense
garden produce can be raised which
hnds good market in our larger cities
and the mining camps of the western
part OF the state. Small fruits do ex-
ceedingly we'll in this section, and the
watermelons raised in the adjoining
county of Custer have already achieved
a very favorable comment and COM
mand a ready market. By ANALYSIS
from three different stations, as we'll as
from the United States government an
alysis, sugar beets raised in this sec
ton could be made a paying in
dustry. Experiments have been car
RED on for several years which
thoroughly demonstrate the feasibility
and practicdbility of the establishment
OF sugar beet factory within the
limits OF this county and all that is
lacking is the capital. Another in
dustry that invites capital is dairy,
and still another is a cannery. With |
both located in this section by and
through the cooperation of the farmers,
a well-established and profitable trade
could be had with the cities east and
west OF here. with the large number of
cattle and sheep camps and with the
extensive mining centers all tributary
to this region. Besides being agricul-
tural, with irrigation, this section is
peculiarly adapted to stock raising. /
The tOpOgraphV of the country 4, ford
ing protection to stock against the in