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Show Proiect Means 800 New Oregon Farms In former years of dry farming the entire 50,000 acres were owned by 25 families, but the bureau of reclamation has brought water to the Deschutes project in central Oregon and there will be 800 new farms operating soon. The Deschutes project is one of the first concrete postwar steps to provide farming opportunities for qualified veterans in the West. Already Al-ready 80 veterans have found homes on the project, and many more are being considered. The clearing and leveling of the land, building of homes, schools and roads, makes the enterprise one of modern pioneering. pio-neering. The first water was turned on the land on May 18 and there will be many green fields this season. Eventually the entire 50,000 acres will be under cultivation, or pu,t Into permanent irrigated pasture. |