THE IRRIGATION A(iK. 



California Productions. The follow- 

 ing are the statistics of productions in 

 the state during 1896. Gold, $14,160, 

 613; borax $800,000; petroleum and 

 bitumen, over $1,000,000, salt $130,000; 

 mineral waters, $400,000; natural gas, 

 $150,000; quicksilver, 30,743 flasks; beet 

 sugar, 46,000,000 pounds; wheat, 28,682, 

 200 bushels; brandy distilled from grapes 

 nearly 1,000,000 gallons; barley 10,800, 

 000 bushels; beans 68,000,000 pounds; 

 raisins, 84,000,000 pounds; dried fruit, 

 148,500,000 pounds; dried prunes 51,000, 

 000 pounds; canned fruits, 1,340,000 

 cases; wool 24,500,000 pounds; hops, 

 over 52,000 bales; oranges, 1896-97 es- 

 timated 8375 carloads; 1896, 2,512,500 

 boxes; butter, annual product, 48,000,000 

 pounds; cheese, 16,000,000 pounds; wine 

 receipts at San Francisco, 12,914,670 

 gallons; brandy, 163,650 gallons; provi- 

 sions, $5,500,000; value of nuts, $350,000; 

 powder, 12,000,000 pounds; total gold 

 product since 1848, $1,368,429,278; quick- 

 silver since 1877, 810,767 flasks; gold 

 and silver since 1848, $1,475,434,107. 



Seventy-six thousand acres are set to 

 orange trees and 70,000 to prunes; there 

 are 3,900,000 acres of land under irriga- 

 tion. There are 340,000 milch cows in 

 the state and $106,00,000 invested in 

 dairies. 



Nebraska Canals. In Nebraska it is 

 stated that there are completed 3,740 

 miles of canals, and that there are in 

 process of construction 1,045.6 miles, 

 making a total mileage at the present 

 time of canals completed and in process 

 of construction of 4,785.6. The estima- 

 ted cost will exceed $3,000,000, of which 

 over one-half has already been expended. 

 This will bring under irrigation 1,207, 

 966 acres of land, increasing the value 

 of the land nearly $10,000,000. In addi- 

 tion to this there are applications on 

 file for contemplated canals of a total 

 mileage of 2,946. 



The Fence that Turns Everything. 



The fence made with the Duplex 

 Automatic Woven Wire Fence Machine, 

 which is made entirely of wood and 

 malleable iron, and is so simple and 

 easily operated that anyone who knows 

 how to turn a grindstone can take it 

 right into the field or any place and 

 make 40 to 60 rods a day of the best 



fence on earth, horse-high, bull-strong, 

 pig, chicken or rabbit-tight at a cost for 

 the wire of only 12 to 20 cents a rod. 

 It can be made in a variety of styles or 

 designs, using either plain or barb wire 

 for the top and bottom margin wires, 

 and by using wire pickets, weaving them 

 right into the fabric ornamental designs 

 can be made suitable not only for farm 

 residences but also city and suburban 

 residences. Messrs. Kitselman Bros., 

 Ridgeville, Indiana, whose advertisement 

 appears elsewhere in this issue, claim 

 this Duplex Automatic Machine is the 

 result of their ten years experience in 

 the manufacture of woven wire fence 

 machines and is perfection itself. Send 

 for catalogue. 



Bran Rather than Corn. If food 

 for stock has to be purchased it is best 

 to buy that which will make the great- 

 est return to the soil in manure. This 

 means the purchase of bran, oats and 

 linseed meal, and the growing at home 

 of all the corn needed. We can grow 

 corn with very little soil exhaustion, and 

 the corn fodder is excellent to feed with 

 the stronger foods that are purchased. 

 Bran can nearly always be bought for 

 but little more than its manurial value. 

 It has been used as a manure without 

 feeding. But that is wasteful, as it is 

 excellent feed for both cows and horses. 



No Car Fare 



Tempe is undoubtedly the only place 

 in the United States which operates a 

 street car line that does not collect fares. 

 The line is owned by the Goodwin Bros, 

 and it has been in operation for about 

 four years. It paid for itself for a 

 couple of years and then the patrons got 

 out of the habit of paying fare. The 

 car still runs however, and at a dead loss 

 to the owners, but they manage to keep 

 it going for the accommodation of the 

 public. The car has no regular driver of 

 conductor, but anybody who wants to go 

 to the other end of the city takes pos- 

 session of the car and leaves it for some 

 one else to bring back. 



Protect the lambs against being 

 drenched by sudden showers. 



Never use the hands in working butter 

 or in handling it. 



