T II /: 1RRI GA TION A GE. 



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may be applied, agriculture will acquire a 

 new dignity and those devoted to the old- 

 est of human occupations will have reason 

 to bless the Patent Office. It is alleged 

 that the new invention has been subjected 

 to the severest tests, and that the marvel- 

 ous results it has shown have caused a 

 stampede of capitalists in the direction of 

 the humble inventor's workshop. At this 



writing no notice of this invention has ap- 

 peared in the press, and THE IRRIGATION 

 AGE congratulates itself on being the first 

 to proclaim to the farmers the probability 

 of an early lightening of their labors and 

 an increase of their 'profits through the 

 medium of a cheap and efficient storage 

 battery. 



SAGE BRUSH PLAINS READY FOR THE sETTLER. 



CALIFORNIA OLIVE OIL 

 GAINING FAVOR. 



nnHE Grocery World, of Philadelphia, 

 i. has the following to say about Cali- 

 fornia olive oil : 



"California olive oil is slowly growing 

 in favor among the Eastern American 

 trade, although the increase is not rapid. 

 It continues to bring prices which compare 

 very favorably with those brought by for- 

 eign oils when bottled by the producers 

 under distinctive labels. 



Olive oil, while in the main used in the 

 preparation of salads, is coming into grad- 

 ual use for general cooking purposes. It 

 can be heated to a much higher degree 

 than butter and this- is an advantage which 

 housewives much appreciate. In many 

 cases it also increases the flavor of dishes 

 in the cooking of which it has been used. 



There is no doubt because of these ad- 

 vantages, that if some enterprising whole- 

 sale grocer or manufacturer were to devise 

 some means whereby olive oil could be put 

 on the market in some sort of a compari- 

 son with the ordinary frying products, 

 such as lard, butter, etc., he would have 

 an exceedingly remunerative article." 



We may say to our hopeful contempo- 

 rary that it will not be possible, within 

 any reasonable time at least, for the pure 

 olive oil of California to compete in price 

 per pound or per gallon with lard or prob- 

 ably with butter. As a better article for 

 culinary use than either butter or lard, it 

 should sell at a much higher price, and 

 must continue to do so until the supply 

 becomes many times greater than now. 

 Some of our Eastern friends make the 

 mistake of comparing the pure oil of Cali- 



