. Washington .. . alouse country now plantas high as 300 acres of peas each year to save sum-mer fallowing, the profit from the peas equalling asmuch as $100 an acre. In addition hogs are fattenedon pea stubble, and the straw is used for winter feedfor cattle. Growing oats and peas and cutting themfor hog feed without threshing is very desiring to purchase lands can secure neces-sary information from county farm agents at thecounty seat. In no other agricultural region is industry moregenerously rewarded, a modest fortune more com-mon, prosperity more universal, and povertyu
. Washington .. . alouse country now plantas high as 300 acres of peas each year to save sum-mer fallowing, the profit from the peas equalling asmuch as $100 an acre. In addition hogs are fattenedon pea stubble, and the straw is used for winter feedfor cattle. Growing oats and peas and cutting themfor hog feed without threshing is very desiring to purchase lands can secure neces-sary information from county farm agents at thecounty seat. In no other agricultural region is industry moregenerously rewarded, a modest fortune more com-mon, prosperity more universal, and povertyunknown than in the Palouse country. THE BIG^BEND DISTRICT That part of the State of Washington lying westof Spokane and north of the Columbia Basin dis-trict, m the bend of the Columbia River, is knownas the Big Bend Country. It includes practicallyall of Lincoln County, that part of Grant Countynorth of Crab Creek, Adrian. Naylor and Crater,and all of Douglas County. It has been a 18 U. S. RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION. A twenty-six horse combined harvester and ilutblier with its crew of four men m tlic gitut v\lie<ii producing district of Washington.^ Note the excellent buildings and orchard in the background large producer of wheat and kindred cereals in thepast quarter of a century. It has an elevation offrom 1,000 to 2,600 feet. The Columbia River, which marks the northernand western boundary of this area, and the SpokaneRiver, which empties into the Columbia at thenorthwestern corner of Lincoln County, are theonly streams of any size. Lincoln County has an area of 2,800 square miles,and a population of 25,000. The county is primarilyadapted to agricultural pursuits, the leading indus-tris being grain growing and live stock. It is in theheart of the wheat belt of Eastern Washington. TheUnited States Field Agent of the Department ofAgriculture in 1917 reported a total valuation ofwheat, oats, barley, corn, and potatoes of $10,329,-000, with $12,000 additional from sales of mil
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