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THE IRR1 GA TION A GE. 



teen barrels of tar and 700 pounds of pitch for a 57- foot tank, and 

 thirty barrels of tar and 1,500 pounds of pitch for a 95-foot tank. 



Boil down the tar and pitch together until they will harden when 

 cold; use a sprinkling pot with the nozzle flattened for pouring the 

 pitch and tar, and distribute it evenly over the surface of the ground 

 with a mop made of a bag tied on an old broom handle. Sprinkle sand 

 on the tar while hot. "When the inside of the embankment as well as 

 the bottom of the tank has been covered, allow it all to dry thorough- 

 ly. Then sweep off the sand and give another coating of the tar and 

 pitch, sprinkle with sand as before and allow to dry; then give a third 

 coating and the job is done. 



A NEW IDEA. 



TA.YLOR WIND MILL oILER. 



Since windmills are so fre- 

 quently used in connection 

 with irrigation plants, a jy im- 

 provement that would be of 

 benefit to the user of the mill 

 is of interest to irrigators. 



This cut shows an invention 

 by Mr. M. W. Taylor for oil- 

 ing wind mills by means of a 

 small storage tank and pipes 

 from same to bearings or wear- 

 ing points of mill. It is an 

 entirely new idea as applied to 

 wind power and will no doubt 

 be in good demand as soon as 

 its merits become better 

 known among wind mill users. 

 A complete description with 

 cost may be had by writing 

 the inventor, Mr. M. W. Tay- 

 lor, Waterloo, Iowa. 



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