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Show 143 The irjijority of tho white settlers and leasees are intelligent, industrious farmers, but a p^-oontago were originally of the type nsitally found on new irrigation projects, and w<ve detrimental to thereat. In s pi to of the fact that nany of them claim to have followed irrigation x arm in.5 all their lives, only a fow take advantage of thapreeeot opportunities to dev-lope their ranches in a »ni_s_* at all approaching that found in othftr localities where water is scarce and intensive cultivation ia oa_otioed. TM 3 may he due to the poor markets, or the fact that, owing to lack of capital or to improvidence, some of them muss find work away from their ran oh es • A3 set forth in the bod7 of the report, tha market conditions art* indifferent. Th* only erors that can be •prom with profit, are those that can ho di-posed of locally, orar^ of arch a nature that they can stand the hwavy freight charges to out si de points. Bv<T. under thi 3 handle«p the vaine of the Proj^.ot haa increased from $1,330,000 to 55,000,000, The bank deposits from -5191,000 in 1915 to $721,000 in 1920. The gross average yield per acre for 1919 was $33.00 and tho gro ss V3lue of the crops for tho nuoie year was $2,432,000, The above figures indicate that the Project, is 118 |