THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



AN ILLUSTRATED flONTHLY. 



Entered at the Post Office at Chicago, 111., as second-class matter. 



THE IRRIGATION AGE is a Journal of Western America, recognized 

 throughout the World as the exponent of Irrigation and its kindred industries. It 

 is the pioneer journal of its kind in the world and has no rival in half a continent. 

 It advocates the mineral development and the industrial growth of the West. 



CONTENTS FOR MARCH, 1899. 



The Progress of Western America. 



The Work in Congress 183 , > 



To Build Reservoirs ' 184 



In Behalf of the Congress 184 



The Closing of Congress 184 j ; 



A Human Hero 185 ft 



Send in Your Names 186 i > 



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Interesting Contributed Articles 



Horticulture in Mexico. By LEON N. STUART 187 



The Irrigation Problems and Possibilities of Northern Wyoming. Some 



General Impressions. By CAPT. H. M. CHITTENDEN 195 ] [ 



Northern Hibernia. By LODIAN LODIAN . . 203 ( I 



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The Farmers' Homeseekers' League. By J. HAMMOND 208 



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The Diversified Farm. i i 



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j A Model Barn 211 



i ) A Difference of Opinion . . 214 







Pulse of the Irrigation Industry. 



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} j Senator Warren's Work 215 Q 



Mr. Newell's Report .216 



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fliscellaneous. 

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With Our Exchanges 217 



Odds and Ends 219 



a Poems The Buried Mother 207 



Timidity A Hindoo Fable : 192 



Frontispiece Winter Feeding of Sheep and Range Cattle in Yellowstone 

 Valley, Mont. 



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