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HE IRRIGATION AGE. 



to 130. One can protect himself from cold, 

 but it is impossible to do so against ex- 

 cessive heat, accompanied by the plague 

 of mosquitoes, deer flies and other winged 

 pests." And in spite of this people still 

 go northward. 



Leiter's When we read that Joseph 

 Wheat. Leiter has control of the wheat 



market and that he has 15,000, 000 bushels 

 of wheat it does not convey to our minds 



any idea of the immensity of these figures. 

 The Chicago Times-Herald, in order to do 

 so, last Sunday gave a picture of the pile 

 of wheat as compared with the Masonic 

 Temple, and estimated that 15,000,000 

 bushels of wheat would make a pile three 

 times the size of the Masonic Temple, and 

 that Mr. Leiter and his descendants for 

 twenty years could not eat this amount of 

 wheat. 



THAT IRRIGATION DITCH. 



Written for the AGE. 



You may talk about Niagara aud your falls of water grand; 



You may talk about the little lakes and streams throughout the land 

 You may talk about your rivers flowing swiftly to the sea, 

 But the irrigation ditch is plenty good enough for me. 



Niagara Falls will awe you with its beauty and its power; 

 The little lakes will charm you for many a sunlit hour; 



The little streamlets ripple, the rivers gleam and shine. 



But when it comes to usefulness, give me this ditch of mine. 



Niagara for a bridal tour, the great lakes for a sail; 



The ocean for a trip abroad with many a stormy gale; 

 The river's good for rowing and fishing I'll agree, 

 But on a farm in time of drought, the ditch will do for me. 



L. W. 



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