Hints to homeseekers; a handbook of agricultural opportunities . rid and semi-arid aondfition, therainfall ranging from eight to twelve inches. While it is mostall classed as grazing land it takes from fifteen to thirty acresto supply sufficient grass for one steer. Along the Pacos River anda few other streams where water for irrigation can be obtained,considerable development has taken place. The soil in itself isvery rich but where water is not available the land has but littlevalue at the present. Dry farming has been tried in some of thedryest sections around El Paso with success, though d
Hints to homeseekers; a handbook of agricultural opportunities . rid and semi-arid aondfition, therainfall ranging from eight to twelve inches. While it is mostall classed as grazing land it takes from fifteen to thirty acresto supply sufficient grass for one steer. Along the Pacos River anda few other streams where water for irrigation can be obtained,considerable development has taken place. The soil in itself isvery rich but where water is not available the land has but littlevalue at the present. Dry farming has been tried in some of thedryest sections around El Paso with success, though developmenton a large scale along this line is not at all rapid. Texas offers opportunities along almost all lines of agriculturefrom the raising of grain and stock to trucking and the growingof Satsuma oranges. Land values are lower than in the northand east and in many sections of the state there is still availablegood land which can be homesteaded. As much as a section offarming land can be taken up by one party. Larger amounts ofgrazing land can be Agriculiurai Opportunities 185 Map Legend. 1. Region including soils of glacial origin. Considerable blackprairie soil especially in eastern part. Becomes rougher towardwest and is quite broken over considerable areas. Grazing chiefagricultural feature at present. Some dry farming in semi-arid region. 2. Rocky Mountain Valleys and Plains region. Includes ex-tensive, undulating prairies, some fertile river bottom lands andconsiderable land that is quite rough. Irrigation practiced innumber of places. Semi-arid country. Dry farming followedquite extensively. Grazing still important. Much unimprovedland. 3. Western Mountain regions. Very rough and mountainousand as a whole of little agricultural value. Some small fertilevalleys. Montwna. Until within quite recent years Montana has not been lookedupon as of much importance from an agricultural was for a long time about the only agricultura
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