VOL. XVII. 



CHICAGO, JUNE, 1902. 



NO. 6 



THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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A monthly illustrated magazine recognized, 

 throughout the world as the exponent of Irriga- 

 tion 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. 



D. H. ANDERSON, - - Editor. 



Interesting to Advertisers. 

 It may interest advertisers to know 

 that the Irrigation Age is the only 

 publication in the world having an ac- 

 tual paid in advance circulation among 

 individual irrigators and large irriga- 

 tion corporations. It is read regu- 

 larly by all interested in this subject 

 and has readers in all parts of the 

 world. The Irrigation Age is 17 years 

 old and is the pioneer publication of 

 its class in the world. 



H.W. Camp- We present as a frontispiece 

 tell. in this issue a portrait of 



Mr. H. W. Campbell, of Holdredge, Neb. 

 Mr. Campbell is known the country over 

 from his extensive experiments in soil 



The List 

 Growing 



culture under the title of the Campbell 

 Method. He has devoted a great deal 

 of energy and time in exploiting his ideas, 

 and it affords his friends much pleasure to 

 know that his system has proved success- 

 ful, and that he may reap some of the 

 benefits during his lifetime. Mr. Camp- 

 bell will contribute a series of articles for 

 the columns of THE IRRIGATION AGE, the 

 first article to appear in our issue of July. 



We are pleased to be able to re" 

 port a decided increase in the 

 circulation of the AGE. Within the past 

 six weeks 630 names were added to our 

 subscription list, which we trust will 

 reach the 25,000 mark by January, 1903. 



Help for the GovernmeBt aid in the reclam- 

 Arid West- a tion of arid lands is now as- 

 sured, the irrigation bill having passed 

 the house June 13 by a vote of 146 to 55. 

 Tt took two days of stubborn fighting to 

 achieve this victory, although the Presi- 

 dent had several times expressed his ap- 

 proval of the measure. 



The bill creates a reclamation fund from 

 the sale of public lands in Arizona, CeV)- 

 rado. California, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, 

 Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, North and 

 South Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Washington, 

 Wyoming and Oklahoma. This fund, less 

 the amount paid to local land offices and 5 

 per cent due the state for educational pur- 

 poses, is to be used for building and main- 

 taining irrigation works in the states and 

 territories named. Provision is made for 

 limiting the sale of lands to bona fide set- 



