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Show FOPiii PROJECT 1 1 CACHE HE! Richland Acres Tract Near Logan Is Interesting j Many Buyers. Xo proje-' t looking toward the roda-mrition roda-mrition and Hrttlfinent of L'tah 's fertile valley lands attracted more atten tion during the :t vcur or ho than the work boiny dune on Kiciiland acres, two arid a half miles west of I.oizun, L'tah, on the floor of beautiful Cache valley, where, nearly 000 acres of the richest soil in the famous Cache valley has been 1 reclaimed from a water-loed condition by means of tilo drains. Richland acres comprises a tract of valley land that years ao bore remarkable remark-able yields of grain and alfalfa. The land laid in such a position, however, timt natural drainage was not good and I river floods and over-irri gat ion waterlogged water-logged a large portion of the soil so that it became unproductive. A year or so- ago A. F. Cardon, general gen-eral manager of tho Logan Land & Drai nage company, and his associates, who embraco many of the most prominent promi-nent men in Utah, purchased 3000 acres of this land and appropriated a very largo sum of money to install a complete com-plete system of tile drains for the pur-poso pur-poso of draining off the excess water in the soil and reclaiming it for cultivation. cultiva-tion. The work has gone steadily forward until the Logan Land & Drainage company com-pany officials now announce that farm lands at Richland acres are ready for tho farmers. Irrigation and drainage and agricultural authorities from all over the state have inspected the system sys-tem of tile drains installed at Richland acres and have carefully checked up results. re-sults. These experts have announced that the tile drainage system and its operation is a complete success and that Iiichland acres has been relieved of an excess water to such an extent that it now forms one of the richest agricultural agricul-tural spots in famous Cache valley. Richland acres is only four miles from the iryde park farm area, which by the recent United . States federal farm survey sur-vey has been shown to produce to its former proprietors more than any other general farm area in the United States. Lying two and a half miles west of Logan, Richland acres possesses a rich humus-laden silt loam soil and is ideal beet land, yielding from fifteen to thirty thir-ty tons. There are beet sugar dumps on the property itself." Richland acres lies in one of the richest dairy sections in Utah, with two condensed milk factories fac-tories three miles away whose teams collect through the tract daily. The Oregon Short Line traverses the entire tract through the center and Logan schools are but two and a half miles away. The fact that there is plenty of cheap irrigating water for Richland acres is one of the most important features of the project. The water rights are declared de-clared to be the finest iu the state aud the irrigation system includes steel gates, steel turnouts and steel checks. The tract is underlined by a big water reservoir, assuring plenty of flowing wells. The officials of the company declare de-clare that irrigating water for Richland acres will cost from 11 to 12 cents per acre. Mr. Cardon also reports that a great many inquiries are being received regarding re-garding Richland acres from Utah and Idaho farmers, particularly young farmers far-mers who are. already familiar with the money-making possibilities on rich Utah soil that will produce a heavy yield of sugar beets. Many farms ranging from ten to twenty acres have already been sold and the officials of the Logan Land & Drainage company have just announced an-nounced the appointment of Ed DrSmith & Sons, Exchange place, Salt Lake", as agents for- the property, together with the Cardon company of Logan, Utah; H. E. Smoot of Provo and the Rexburg Real Estate & Loan company of Rexburg, Rex-burg, Idaho. |