THE IRRIGATION AGE, Illustrated, Edited by Wm. E. Smythe. 



THE IRRIGATION AGE is a Journal of Western America, recognized throughout the World 

 as the exponent of irrigation and its kindred industries. It is the pioneer journal in its field and 

 has no rival in half a continent. 



L. R. BRITTON, Business Manager. 



CONTENTS FOR JULY, 1894. 



THE PROGRESS OF WESTERN AMERICA. 



The Nation arid the Arid Lands 1 Another Groundless Charge 6 



Western Colorado Petition 1 Character of Land Enterprise 7 



Irrigation Scrip Proposed 2 The Division of Inter-State Waters 7 



What, Then, Shall We Propose 2 The Republic of Irrigation 9 



Its Effect on Private Enterprise 3 What Albert Shaw Says 9 



The Ownership of Water 3 Projects on the Rio Grande 9 



Georgia's Splendid Commission 5 California and "The Age'' 9 



Three Aspects of Texas 5 Mr. Greene's Open Letter 9 



Personal Politics in Wyoming 6 



INTERESTING CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES. 



Official Call for Third National Irrigation Congress .10 



An Unsolved Western Problem The Division of Inter-State Streams 12 



By Elwood Mead. 



The Public Domain in Its Social Aspect 15 



By Arthur P. Davis. 



The Law of Water Ownership 18 



By W. A Hancock. 



The Catastrophe at Lima, Montana 20 



By J M. Goodwin. 



Irrigation in the Canadian Northwest 22 



By Charles W. Peterson. 



Grand Valley, Colorado 23 



By A. J. McCune. 



Bear Valley Matters 40 



Open Letter by Ex-President Greene. 



Irrigation Progress in Australia 24 



FEATURES FOR FARMERS AND FRUIT GROWERS: 



Does Farming Pay 24 Relative Value of Fresh and Dried Fruits 29 



Machinery Versus Man and Horse Power 25 Turkish Vineyards 30 



Save the Manure 25 Remedy against Cutworms 30 



The "Woolly West" 25 Thin Your Fruits 30 



Hop Growing 26 Packing- Fruit for Long Shipment 31 



Hawaiian Islands' Resource? 26 Insect Enemies 31 



Japanese Farming 26 Kerosene for Pear Leaf Blister 32 



Nitrate of Soda 27 Do Bees Injure Orchards 32 



Wheat Outlook in India 27 Phosphate as a Fertilizer 32 



Argentine Wheat Crop 27 Feed the Fruit Trees 32 



Keep a "Garden Patch" 27 Hillside Orchards 33 



Wheat Area in Russia Reduced 28 New Mexico Experiment Station 33 



Detasselling Corn 28 Black Rot in Grape 33 



The Cotton Crop 28 Raspberry Rust 33 



How to Irrigate Trees : 28 More Windmill 35 



Greeley Potatoes 28 Northern New Mexico 36 



Potato Scab , 28 Electricity and Water Power 35 



The Pulse of the Irrigation Industry, With News Notes from all over the Field 36 



Canals 38 New Companies 39 



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