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THE IRRIGATION AGE is a Journal of Western America, recognized 

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CONTENTS FOR OCTOBER, 1901. 



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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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69 The Progress of Western America. 



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(g William McKinley .' 1 



Sugar Beets 2 



Exports and Imports to Porto Rico 4 



The Date Palm in America 4 



Interesting Contributed Articles. 



Irrigation in India and America 6 



Two Windmills in One Lot 13 



Federal Add to Irrigation 17 



Diversified Farm. 



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 Pan- American Letter 19 ( 



Modern Stable Construction 21 



Pulse of Irrigation. 



Solution of the Drought Problem 28 | j 



Irrigation Works in Siberia 29 ( ) 



Big Irrigating Project 29 



Government to Control All Irrigation in India 30 



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Odds and Ends. 



Jaeky's Superstitions 33 



Nothing But Nuts 34 



What He Wanted, After All .- 35 



Why Helen Keller is Happy 35 



| ! Past and Present in a Cuban Town 35 



( 9 An Ordinary Life 36 



| ! A Spell of Rest 3(i | | 



From the ' 'Amen" Corner 37 ( ' 



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