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Show A Coming Farming Community A NEWS representative motored out to the vicinity of Reed and Maloue, on Wednesday, aud was surprised at the conditions there, both as to soil, crops and development. Between Reed aud Malone, beautiful fields of alfalfa, two to three feet high, furnish indisputable indisput-able evidence that this section of the county is bound to be heard from in an agricultural way. The soil is mostly a black, rich loam, almost a leaf-mold, and looks as though it would raise anything. The land is sustained by sub-irrigation, largely, and water is not far from the surface. Messrs. Cline and Boyer, who have a tract of three thousand aces in this vicinity, and also have homestead holdings to the west, toward the mountains have put down several wells, as have also many other settlers, and have found good water in abundance. abun-dance. This territory has already proven its worth as a producer of excellent ex-cellent alfalfa seed, and in large crops, and all that is needed to fully develop this region, is a first-class highway from Malone to Milford. |