| OCR Text |
Show lUltlUAalUX IN WAMII.MITO.W Tm: laat ceuiua bulletin In relation lo Irtlgat.vii In the arid Hti.tes and Territories Ter-ritories I. devoted to Washington. In Ihatrilato there aro a total of 1I,S87 farms In the thirteen countlet In which Irrigation la practised. Uf these, lOtd farms are Irrigated. Tho total area of land upon which crops were raited by Irrigation In the year ending May 31, 1 SIX), waa 44,71)9 acres. Tho average tlzo of tbe Irrigated farms or, more strictly, of Irrigated portions of farmi on which crcit were raised it 47 acres. The average lint cost of water right la $4.03 ier Acre, nud the average coat of preparing the toll for cultivation, cultiva-tion, Including the ptrcbaso price of the land, ltJI0..7er acre. Tbe aver. aco present value of the Irrigated land of thoUlatr, Including buildings, etc., la reported as ft'l.Oi) per acre, allowing an apparent profit of 131.(7 per acre, lee cott of buildings. The average annual cottol water It $1.73 per acre, which deluded from tho average an uual value cf product! per acre Iravet an average unnuil return of JlO.oj per acre. |
