THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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money, while in South Australia they are 

 still lower, everaging about 1-6 d per acre, 

 or 1 cent in our currency. 



SCBIBNER'S. 



"The Story of the Revolution," contin- 

 ues full of interest. The siege of Boston 

 is told of and a fac simile is given of the 

 proclamation issued by King George III, 

 August, 1775. The February number also 

 contains "The Police control of a Great 

 Election," by Avery D. Andrews, and 

 among the short stories "The Key of the 

 Fields," by Mary Tappan Wright; a rather 

 disappointing story that makes one wonder 



why it was written. Irish stories threaten 

 to become as popular as "coon songs," the 

 one in Scribner's is called "His Serious 

 Doubts." 



The January number of the State's 

 Duty is a good one. The two leading arti- 

 cles are "Rule of Big Cities," by Rev. Hen- 

 ry Yan Dyke, and "Labor in Russian Pris- 

 ons," by C. D. Randall. 



''New England Farming and Farm Scen- 

 ery," is one of the best things in the Gen- 

 tleman Farmer for February. The illus- 

 trations are beauties 



A USEFUL IMPLEMENT. 



The above is a picture of the "Acme Pulverizing Harrow. These 

 harrows are manufactured by Duane H. Nash, of Millington, N. J, As 

 Mr. Nash has store houses at New York; Columbus, Ohio; Louisville, 

 Ky. ; Chicago; Minneapolis, Minn.; and San Francisco, Cal. ; his custom- 

 ers need not pay freight from New Jersey, but from the nearest store 

 house. 



