White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-03
AGRICULTURE
BOON Of NEVADA
TWENTY MILLION ACRES OF
ARABLE LAND OFFER ARE
MENDOUS POSSIBILITIES FOR
RAISING FRUIT, GRAIN AND
VEGETABLES.

Nevada is a big state-in area
100, 600 square miles or 7O,000,0 900
acres, with a great mineral output
and probably the greatest in posi-
bilities for agricultural development
in the near future of all the Pacific
coast states, writes Charles S. Fee in
the San Francisco Call. Twenty
million acres have been classified as
agricultural land, and if only 10 per
cent is transformed into wheat fields
with an average of 80 bushels per
acre Nevada will be another Kansas
for wheat and will be supplying Cali
fornia before many years. Recent
operations in wheat raising have
been so successful that it is conf.
IDENTITY predicted that the increase in
this direction viii be very rapid.
If only a fraction of the a%gricul-
tural land is put into orchards such
as the successful orchards now found
in Humboldt, Elko and other
ties, in the near future, Oregon
apples, Colorado peaches and Cali
fornia plums and pears will have
successful rivals.
Battle born Nevada has seen its
DAYS of adversely, but it has gradual
ly been preparing for a great de-
velopment. With a good available
water supply by reservoir and canal
systems and pumping plants to lift
underground water, a reasonable In
vestment of capital should within 10
years bring under irrigation at least
one-half of Neyada's 5000, 600 acres
estimated as suitable for reclama-
ton. The success of the United
States reclamation project known as
the Truckee-Carson. covering 1907
900 acres already, showing good re-
suits in it's town and farming com
munity growth, with a successful
sugar factory, proves that in what
was considered a most u~nfavorable
district money and hard work have
succeeded in planting home sites and
the great new dam. not now under
construction, will greatly extend the
agricultural area in that district.
Scientific soil culture will reclaim
several million acres within the next
10 years in the region in northern Ne
vada in which the rainfall IS light.
The results of sugar beet culture in
Churchill county prove the possibili-
ties in that direction. The great
problems of land and water are be-
ing solved gradually and satisfactory
in Nevada, and the success during
the last 20 years of the few farmers
who have been successfully handling
their lands makes practically certain
the rapid future development of
many districts. The use of water as
in other states, will be increased as
the agricultural areas are extended
and districts now considered choice
for irrigation development will be
found to be available.
With a climate ranging from that
of Idaho TO hal of southern Califor-
mia, great varieties of crops are being
raised and heavy yields of staple
crops are being reported. In product
per acre and prices realized Nevada
now leads many Of the western states
with established regulations for
wheat, barley. oats. alfalfa and po-
tatoes. Nevada livestock is on a safe
basis. Future prices are assured be-
cause of the constant and increasing
demand for Pacific coast market
Eenters.
Under the operations of the Carey
irrigation act several new projects
are being completed witch will in the
near future increase considerably
the irrigated ares.
Nevada is conveniently located
with reference to the great central
markets of the Pacific coast and we'll
supplied with railroads for the trans
portation of it's products. The strong
and constantly increasing demand
from rapidly developing mining
camps guarantees good prices for
grains, fruits and vegetables. The
Nevada farmer has a certainty on
crops and profits which many states
do not possess.
The world does not understand Ne
vada and it's agricultural possible
ties, because 1t has not advertised Its
source as have other western
states WITCH have been putting forth
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