Our country and its resources; . er acre$45 per acre*st,0 per acre*$36 per acre$55 per acre$40 per acrefS50. $51 and$52 per acre$60 per acre Nevada For lands under the Huntley project there is an additional charge of $ ] eracre for the land, of which $ is payable at the time of entry and the remainder infour equal annual instalments. For information concerning these projects and methodof obtaining land under them, or any additional statistics not covered in this brief chapter,write to Statistician, Reclamation Service, Interior Department, Washington, D. C. The table on page 89, theref
Our country and its resources; . er acre$45 per acre*st,0 per acre*$36 per acre$55 per acre$40 per acrefS50. $51 and$52 per acre$60 per acre Nevada For lands under the Huntley project there is an additional charge of $ ] eracre for the land, of which $ is payable at the time of entry and the remainder infour equal annual instalments. For information concerning these projects and methodof obtaining land under them, or any additional statistics not covered in this brief chapter,write to Statistician, Reclamation Service, Interior Department, Washington, D. C. The table on page 89, therefore, iseven more illuminative of the suc-cess of the work than any engineer-ing statistics alone can possibly be. By no means all available Inndsembraced in the various projects istaken up, and every effort is being made by the service to see that theyare properly and successfully set-tled. The table above shows thenumber of farms available forentry, August 1. 1916, the size ofthe farm units and the cost of waterright. - !|ftigi. :^:.t\ FARM HOUSES ON THE SALT RIVER PROJECT. SHOWING IRRIGATINGDITCH FLOODING ALFALFA RECLAMATION SERVICE 91 POWEB DEVELOPMENT Iii connection with the construc-tion of irrigation work, particularlyof dams on the larger rivers, it liasbeen necessary to develop plants are operated princi-pally for pumping water for irriga-tion; incidentally for other purposes,the excess power being sold for do-mestic or industrial uses, such aslighting, heating, cooking and opera-tion of machinery. Pumping formsthe principal use of the electricpower development, and there wereinstalled 10,432 horse-power in per- hours is 66,100,624, and the cost perkilowatt hour ranges from centsat the North Dakota Williston plantdown to cent at the Minidokaplant. The developed power not neededfor irrigation pumping is sold tocustomers for construction, for camplights and for drainage work andresults in a gross income of $249,174from power sales, which is almost10
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