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• County: Routt
• Document: Manager
• Suffix: A

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Dear Sirs-
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Denver, Colo., February 1st, 1902.
Tlie area of Routt County is 6600 square miles; every Here of w ici is
capable of producing something for the use of humanity if transportation facilities
were available.
_.________: Agricultural interests at present, for the lack of nutrket; hay and Crain
---------- for home consumption, are the principal products; e;wh ranclvmn rain ea only e+hat
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vegetables hie own family requires.
In this experimental way they have proved tl:e product ivenesa of tl:e coun-
_____--_-- ty when a market can be had for the great. variety of vegetable life, which it is
---------- known oould be produced in abumdanae.
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~ ~ ~ Oats BO to G6 buehelo per arse, weight 40 to 46 pounds per bunk.

Wheat 30 to 40 bushels per acre.
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t_ Barl®y 60 to 76 buehelo per acre.
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--- Timothy hay 1$ to E} torso per acre.
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Alfalfa 2~ to 8 torso per acrn per eeao
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At the present time only ouch land !a being farmed whicL can bo watored
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with little oxpenss. Y60,000 sores moro w
--__-.--_ vation when there ie a market for its product. To Dhow j;nu the ratio of incranoe
----.- --- we can expnot with proper transportation, I will call your attention to one Pact;
f{anry Tawpleton, a rana}uuan in the 11aybe1l valley on the Decu• Rivor, lion fh0
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acres of as find land an Ivan aver soon{ he hao five sates Loin~t maltivitt ed nn, 01
---_•~_---~_- tho G9~0 which produoe 88 torso of alfalfa per ennson, and vagntnhlno of ell. Id nde
., --- enough to support hims~-1P a;si wife and thrnu ahlldreu and all vinitorn Iwhieh !+re
nuutyl the entire year. Now remeubsr bvory sore uP the remaining; f1G earns is ,lus
ae good us thla li sore traot. I will state here too, that thin wan rained auYar
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