. The state of Wyoming, a book of reliable information published by authority of the eighth Legislature . 5 s z2 < s Public Lands and Irrigation Projects. 57 Agricultural Possibilities.—The value of the non-irrigableland is from one to five dollars per acre. The value of irri-gated land from forty to seventy dollars per acre. Alfalfa isthe principal crop of the region, though oats of superior qual-ity are grown extensively. Throughout the district in Ne-braska and the Goshen Hole sugar beets and potatoes willform the principal crop for intensified cultivation. The cropsare about as follows:
. The state of Wyoming, a book of reliable information published by authority of the eighth Legislature . 5 s z2 < s Public Lands and Irrigation Projects. 57 Agricultural Possibilities.—The value of the non-irrigableland is from one to five dollars per acre. The value of irri-gated land from forty to seventy dollars per acre. Alfalfa isthe principal crop of the region, though oats of superior qual-ity are grown extensively. Throughout the district in Ne-braska and the Goshen Hole sugar beets and potatoes willform the principal crop for intensified cultivation. The cropsare about as follows: Alfalfa, three crops, four to six tons per acre. Sugar beets average about fifteen tons per acre. Potatoes, 200 bushels. Oats, 60 bushels. Corn, 40 bushels. Wheat, 35 bushels. The domestic water supply is good, water being obtain-able at almost any point by wells 200 feet or less in beet and starch factories will probably be built whenthe district is settled. The ranges surrounding the districtwill furnish sheep and cattle to be fed on the farm grazing land lies to the no
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