. Conservation. Forests and forestry. fyhaf is The New System of ^Scien tific Agriculture? Nothing more than ludgment and common sense shown in handling the soils of our western tracts so that the rainfall may be held for Immediate absorption by the root fibres of growing crops. It's a system that every farmer—East, West, North or South —can profitably follow. It is the very essence of practical agriculture. It is a dis- tinct revelation to Eastern and Central State farmers who have been depending on 24 to 30 inches of rainfall yearly. They wonder how our Colorado "Scientinc" farmers


. Conservation. Forests and forestry. fyhaf is The New System of ^Scien tific Agriculture? Nothing more than ludgment and common sense shown in handling the soils of our western tracts so that the rainfall may be held for Immediate absorption by the root fibres of growing crops. It's a system that every farmer—East, West, North or South —can profitably follow. It is the very essence of practical agriculture. It is a dis- tinct revelation to Eastern and Central State farmers who have been depending on 24 to 30 inches of rainfall yearly. They wonder how our Colorado "Scientinc" farmers can gather such remarkable crops on lands once called "half ; Happy Prospects. Denver is rubbing its eyes, stirring itself in wonder, gazing in admiration at the great tracts bursting into green and growing crops of alfalfa, corn, wheat and fruits, etc. (Explanation of cuts below.) White-faced farm houses, broad-gabled barns, bowing maples, pi- k-blossomed orchards, dairy farms, wheat and corn fields greet gladdenea eyes ft every angle. Campbell's "Soil Culture" is making wealth For Colorado farmer and manufacturer, for merchant and imple- ment maker, for mail order concern -r. " / cal merchant. ••Young Man! Go West, " said Horace Greeley. Within a decade or two there will he little "West" left. Hundreds of thousands have heeded the call of the early fifties. Thousands now are heeding our call ^'Hurry to Colorado" Now Buy with a few hundred dollars one of the cheap tracts now so generously offered. Start to be independent. Start Small. You can start on a small acreage—40 to 80—at prices running from $ to fl6 per acre. We don't insist on all cash. A fifth or smaller part is sufficient if you are a settler. Location. The Bijou Kanch is only 42 miles from Colorado Springs, 65 miles from Denver, 5 miles from two easily reached railroads—the Union Pacific and Rock Island. A new branch of the Bock Island has rece


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