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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



The Literary Digest, published by Funk 

 & Wagnalls Co., continues to sustain its 

 claims of being "A Weekly Compendium 

 of the Contemporaneous Thoughts of the 

 World," by giving to the readers each week 

 the latest thoughts by great minds in 

 science, religion, literature and art. 



"Judge" promises to be just as funny 

 this year as last. 



The Semi- Weekly Register-Gazette, of 

 Rockford, 111., did honor to the Christmas 

 holidays with a colored 4-page supplement 

 that was quite unique, the entire front page 

 consisted of hundreds of children in all 

 kinds of dress heads, full length figures, 

 with their toys and games. Across the 

 page ran the words "Some of the little 

 friends of the Register-Gazette whose 

 hearts old Santa will gladden." The heads 

 and figures are so close together and there 

 are so many of them, that one gives up 

 trying to count them. 



The Tenth Annual Report of the Ver- 

 mont Agricultural Experiment Station was 

 also received, and is a very comprehensive 

 report of the proceedings of 1896-97. 



The holiday number of "Land of Sun- 

 shine" contains numerous illustrations of 

 beautiful bits of scenery found in Cali- 

 fornia. 



indication that Ferry seeds have given sat 

 isfaction. Ferry's Seed Annual for 1898, 

 a standard guide for farmers and gardeners 

 containing much valuable information, is 

 sent free to persons writing for it. 



Safety In Buying Seeds. 



There is no other way to measure the 

 value of seed than by the value of the 

 crop. A good crop simply can not come 

 from poor seed- Second-rate seeds will 

 waste good land, good fertilizer, and good 

 labor, and the crop won't pay expenses. 

 Now, as the practical farmer cannot afford 

 to waste time testing seeds to find out 

 whether they are true to name, sound and 

 clean, it stands to reason that the only 

 safe way to buy seeds is to seek the pro- 

 tection of a name that has stood for reli- 

 ability in the past. The great seed house 

 of D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich., has 

 sold seeds all over the United States and 

 Canada for the last forty-two years, and 

 the steady growth of the business is a sure 



THE HIGHEST HONORS. 

 The Reliable Incubator & Brooder Co. 

 has received official notice that they have 

 captured the highest award on their incu- 

 bator and brooder at the Brussels, Belgium, 

 International Exposition. They were hon- 

 ored with the bronze medal and diploma, 

 the greatest distinction that could be con- 

 ferred. The competition was very sharp, 

 leading incubator makers of Europe as 

 well as America entering the contest. The 

 Reliable was represented by G. Vanval- 

 kensburg, their resident agent at Brussels. 

 Thus is Quincy's reputation as a great 

 manufacturing center becoming world- wide 

 Quincy Whig. 



The Abendroth & Root Manufacturing 

 Company supply a good deal of their Spir- 

 al Riveted Pipe to the hydraulic gold min- 

 ers of the West. A recent modification of 

 the laws in regard to hydraulic mining 

 which enables hydraulic mining companies 

 to dispose of their wash without polluting 

 the streams, has caused something of a 

 boom in the industry. An interesting 

 plant has just been installed by the Aben- 

 droth & Root Comyany in the Black Hills. 

 Two large pumps are used to drain a sec- 

 tion of the river bed so that it can be 

 worked to bed rock and the gold extracted. 

 The water, in place of being discharged 

 over the coffer-dam into the river again, is 

 pumped through two thousand feet of 

 Spiral Riveted Pipe up the bank to some 

 old gravel beds far above the present river. 

 Here the water is used, through giants, to 

 wash the gold from these banks. 



The enterprise promises to be very pro- 

 fitable as there is gold at both ends of the 

 line. The Abendroth & Root Co., will 

 undoubtedly reap the credit their enter- 

 prise deserves in being first in the field 

 with a plant of this kind. 



