Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-20
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Hundreds Of Home Seekers Flock
ing to Sun River Valley. Z
FERTILE REGION in MONTANA
Soil 10 Capable Of Yielding Big Crops
81. Wheat, oats, Sugar eests and
othsr Produets-May Prove Exeel-
III lent Dairy Country. t H.

lent Dairy Country. %$a T..
One Of Montana's most beautiful
agricultural valleys is now the scene
of unusual activity. as hundreds Of
home seekers from all parts of the
United States are going there to take
up their new homes. y = ~
The Sun river valley, which Is q lit
tic west Of the center Of the state, on
the eastern slope of the Rocky noun
tains and near the city Of Great Falls,
was selected several years ago by the
reclamation service as q choice area
for the construction Of 3 stupendous
irrigation work. The work has. pro:
I crossed rapidly, and several farms
have been thrown open to settlers on
liberal terms. ~. -
These farms will be obtainable un-
der the homestead law subject to the
charges Of actual cost Of water upon
the number of acres actually supplied
with water from the system. This
charge has been fixed at $50 an acre,
divided into not less than Ave nor
more than ten annual ayments, says
washington correspondent Of the
Chicago News. The sum OF $3.50 will
be due and payable at the time Of
making entry. The second installment
win be payable March ], 1910. thus
allowing early settlers nearly two
years before second payment is due.
In this period any industrious settler
can get his land into shape to earn its
own repayment of the charges.
An interesting and unique feature In
connection with the project is the pro-
posed establishment of model rural
villages every six miles. In all there
will be twenty of these, SO that no
farm will be more than three miles
from a postof1ce and school.
All the crops which can be grown In
northern countries can be raised In
the Sun river valley. 1t Is probable
that the principal crops raised win be
alfalfa, sugar beets and potatoes. Usu-
ally three cuttings of alfalfa are made
annually Some have cut only two
crops, and others have cut four. but
the average is three and the average
yield about five tons an acre. The
present price varies from S. to SIS
ton in the stack, according to location
and demand. It is not probable that
the average price will drop below %
for many years. The cost OF putting
the hay into the stack Is about $1.20
ton.
The average yields an acre are: Pc.
tatoes, 228 bushels; wheat, % bushels;
oats, 50 bushels; sugar beets, 20 tons.
All7garden truck is easy to raise *
cept tomatoes and some kinds easily
affected by frost, though these with
care may be grown sufficiently for
family use. An ordinary ranch garden
about two miles from Simms In 1905
produced net profit Of $225 an acre
from the following kinds Of vegeta-
bles: Cabbage. potatoes, tomatoes.
SQUASH, onions, pumpkins, carrots, tur-
nips. beets and parsnips.
The sugar beets grown in the vicin-
ity have analysed q per cent sugar.
The beet industry promises great
things and sugar factory Is assured
upon the completion Of the works nee
essary to irrigate an area large enough
to guarantee five year contracts on
5000 acres Of beets. Past experiments
prove that the farmer should average
a net profit of $40 an acre on sugar
beets. T.. Il, IA ,E@%
It is probable that the Sun river val
ley will prove an excellent dairy coun-
try. A creamery was completed In Au-
gusta III January, 1907, and the three
or four others already In operation In
neighboring towns show that the In
dustry is profitable and will be perma-
nent and growing. Four and third
million pounds Of butter are now I'M
ported annually from other states.
This means that over 81 100000 ought
to be kept in Montana each year for
butter. ~
Full details relating to terms, size OF
farm units and other information re-
garding the methods Of securing lands
may be obtained on application to 3.
3. Robbins, engineer United States
reclamation service. Fort Shaw, Mont.
or statistician,s reclamation service,
washington. >l%555 4,
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