Agricultural Opportunities

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1912

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Halaman 6 - Besides this, citizenship has not in all cases been made a condition precedent to the enjoyment of the right of suffrage. Thus, in Missouri, persons of foreign birth, who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, may under certain circumstances vote. The same provision is to be found in the constitutions of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, and Texas.
Halaman 22 - Duty of water: 3 acre-feet per acre per annum at the farm. Limit of area of farm units: Public, 80 acres; private, 160 acres. Building charge per acre of irrigable land: $52.
Halaman 9 - Alfalfa, corn, wheat, melons, fruit, and vegetables. Principal markets: Towns in Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, and eastern cities. LANDS OPENED FOR IRRIGATION. No lands have been opened for irrigation by public notice. All lands of Leasburg unit and in El Paso Valley are being irrigated under rental contracts.
Halaman 22 - State lands; 46.117 acres in private ownership (including 10,031 acres of railroad lands). Limit of area of farm units: Public, 80 acres; private, 160 acres. Duty of water: 3 acre-feet per acre per annum at the farm. Building charge per acre of irrigable land: $22 and $30. Annual operation and maintenance charge...
Halaman 9 - F. Character of soil of irrigable area: Pecos— Sandy loam 'with large lime content. Principal products: Alfalfa, cotton, grain crops, grapes, melons, peaches, pears, and miscellaneous fruits. Principal markets: Carlsbad, N. Mex.; Denver, Colo.; Chicago, 111.; Kansas City, Mo.; Texas cities; New York, NY LANDS OPENED FOR IRRIGATION. Dates of public notices: December 17, 1907; November 30, 1908; June 2 1909; November 17, 1909; October 7, 1910; March 13, 1911; February 17, 1912; March 2 and April...
Halaman 4 - Irrigable area: 53,000 acres. Present status of irrigable lands: 19,620 acres entered subject to the reclamation act, 10,450 acres withdrawn from entry, 22,930 acres in private ownership. AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS Length of irrigation season: From April 1 to October 31, 214 days. Character of soil of irrigable area: Sandy loam, sandy mesas, and adobe. Principal products: Fruit, sugar beets, alfalfa. Principal markets...
Halaman 20 - That any person who is a qualified entryman under the homestead laws of the United States may enter, by legal subdivisions, under the provisions of this act...
Halaman 9 - Area under water-right applications, season of 1913: 20,277 acres. Length of irrigating season: From March to November and two weeks in winter, 260 days. Average elevation of irrigable area : 3,100 feet above sea level. Average* annual rainfall on irrigable area : 15 inches for 11 years ; 12.68 inches for calendar year 1912.
Halaman 4 - ... was employed in regulating the distribution of water and making minor repairs, and during the remainder of the year in cleaning the canal of vegetable growths and deposits of sand and in repairing and installing structures. SETTLEMENT AND IRRIGATION. The large landholders have continued to subdivide their holdings, and many sales of small tracts to new settlers have been made. The following table shows the acreage of various crops under cultivation in 1910 and 1911: Area under cultivation, Uncompahgrc...
Halaman 32 - ... there are reasons to believe that more or less grafting in the form of job selling by foremen, in collecting money from workmen for retaining them during slack times, for assigning them to more desirable jobs, or for increasing their wages, and in conducting raffles for the benefit of the foremen, is carried on to a greater or less extent in most of the large industrial plants where immigrants are employed.

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