THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



AN ILLUSTRATED HONTHLY. 



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 APRIL, 1899. 



The Progress of Western America. 



A Breed of Men 221 



A Welcome Exchange > 221 



To Banish Loneliness 222 



| | The Associated Colonies 222 



; ! Points to Annexation 222 



The Little Red Schoolhouse 223 



] * Beating Swords into Plough Shares 223 



Our Trade with Germany 224 



A Victory for the People 224 



8 We are Conservative 224 



Libby Prison Museum 224 



Puerto Rico's Imports 225 



A Change of Heart 225 



The Anglo-Saxon Myth 225 



The White Man's Bu-den 226 



Interesting Contributed Articles 



The Water Development in Southern California. By T. S. VAN DYKE 227 



The Irrigation Problems and Possibilities of Northern Wyoming. By 



COL. E. S. NETTLETON 235 



Irrigation in Russia. By LODIAN LODIAN 239 



The Farmers' Homeseekers' League. By J. HAMMOND 247 



The Diversified Farm. 



5 \ Agricutural Capabilities of Alaska 249 



Preserving Eggs 249 



| ! Gleanings from the Experiment Station 250 



An Old Irrigation Idea Revived 251 



5 \ A Chance for the Girls 251 



8 j Eggs by the Wheelbarrowful 251 



State Fair and Exposition Combined 252 



Pulse of the Irrigation Industry. 



Elwood Mead Resigns 253 



A New Place 253 



( i Keep the Reservations Closed 253 



fliscellaneous. 



With Our Exchanges 254 



Odds and Ends 256 



Poem Irrigation in Rhyme 226 



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