TllK IHUIGATIOX AGE. 



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Eighteenth Annual Report of the 

 State Board of Agriculture and the 

 Agricultural College; including the 

 Ninth Annual Report of the Experiment 

 Station, Fort Collins. Colo. 



A copy of the Ogden (Utah) Standard 

 Annual has been received, and contains 

 many illustrations of handsome business 

 buildings and residences of the Gate 

 City, together with information concern- 

 ing the resources of Weber County, and 

 Bear River Valley in particular, and the 

 state in general. Persons interested in 

 Utah shoud send for a copy. Price 5 

 cents. 



SOUTH GILA DAM. 



Mr. W. Crouch, member of the Insti- 

 tute of Civil Engineering, residing in 

 Glasgow, and associated with some of the 

 largest enterprises of Great Britain, was 

 sent over some time ago to examine and 

 make a report 011 the South Gila Com- 

 pany, who are building the enormous 

 dam at Sentinel, Arizona. The report 

 is interesting. That portion of it refer- 

 ring to the method of construction, 

 reads as follows: k 'A Lidgerwood cable- 

 way is stretched across the canyon on 

 which a trolley runs, and by it the stones 

 are picked up and deposited wherever 

 required on the work. This appliance 

 is a very ingenious one, and has been 

 very successfully used in the construction 

 of similar work in the states, and for 

 rapidity of handling material and de- 

 positing it on any part of the work, is, 

 in the circumstances in question, un- 

 doubtedly superior to any system of 

 railways or tramroads that could be 

 devised," J. F. Ward was the chief en- 

 gineer of the dam. 



^EXAS COAST COUNTRY. 



The Texas Coast country vies with 

 California as a place to profitably raise FARMER 

 pears, grapes, and strawberries. Six 

 thousand dollars' worth of pears from 

 thirteen acres has been produced there 

 in one season, and can perhaps be dupli- 

 cated by you. G. T. Nicholson, G. P. A. 

 A. T. & S. F. Ry. Chicago, will be glad 

 to furnish without charge and illustrated 

 pamphlet telling about Texas. Send to 

 nearest agent for ticket rates. There is 

 usually a low fare in effect to all import- 

 ant Texas points. 



SEEKERS FOR HOMES 



Who wish to start over again in some 

 locality where good land is plentiful and 

 climate is favorable, should post them- 

 selves retative to the irrigated districts 

 of Kansas. New Mexico and Arizona, the 

 dirt-cheap farms of Oklahoma, and the 

 fruit tracts in southern Texas. 



To find out the facts, address G. T. 

 Nicholson, G. P. A., A. T. S. F. Ry., 

 Chicago, or J. E. Frost, Land Commis- 

 sioner, Topeka, Kas. 



And the Santa Fe is the best line to 

 almost every part of the Great South- 

 west. 



why not acquire a 

 new home in the 



prosperous, growng 



Trie coast country of - 



fertile plains of- OKIalioma 

 improved farms of - 

 and the irrigated lands of-Jff tzotta 



- California 



^ be reached via the 



SANTA FE ROUTE 



or Canal Owner needing help will 

 be put in communication with a 

 reliable man by addressing this 

 office. Has had many years experience in farming by 

 Irrigation and can give the best of references and 

 recommendations. Address 



GATOR, 



Care Tlie IRRIGATION AGE, 



112 Dearborn St, Chicago. 



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ERKSHIRE, Chester White, 

 Jersey Red and Poland China 

 PIGS. Jersey, Guernsey and Hoi- 

 stein Cattle. Thoroughbred 

 Sheep, Fancy Poultry, Hunting 



and House Dogs. Catalogue. 



8. W. SMITH, Oochranvllle, Chester Co., IVnnu. 



