I HE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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bring the moisture towards the surface, 

 thus rendering it available to the plants. 

 In sections where water is not plentiful 

 for irrigation purposes during all seasons 

 of the year, the question of the storage 

 and conservation, in the soil, of the flood 

 waters of winter is of great importance, 

 and the writer believes that more attention 

 should be given to it, at least until dams, 

 reservoirs, or other larger storage systems 

 can be established for the conservation of 

 the waste waters of winter and flood sea- 

 sons. J, J. Vernon, in Press Bulletin JVb. 

 3, Neio Mexico College of Agriculture 

 and Mechanic Arts. 



THE DEMPSTER ENGINE. 



The following good points are claimed 

 for the Dempster Gasoline Engine by its 

 makers, the Dempster Mill Mfg. Co., 

 Beatrice, Neb. : 



"The Dempster can be used for power 

 to do any kind of work and can b run by 

 anyone of ordinary intelligence. 



"Requires but little attention except 

 starting, cleaning and oiling. 



"No boiler, water heater, feed pump, 

 coal, fire and ashes to look after, nor grate 

 bars to burn out and replace. 



No expense when not running. 



"Ready for use any time, day or night." 



OUR EXCHANGES. 



The theory of some scientific men that 

 the world has almost reached the limit of 

 its capacity to produce wheat is exploded 

 in the article on "The New Agriculture" 

 in the June Scribner's, which shows how 

 the work of the Agricultural Experiment 

 Stations has removed this catastrophe in- 

 definitely from the impending possibili- 

 ties. 



The Forum Publishing Company an- 

 nounces that beginning with the July 

 number, The Forum will be published 

 quarterly, instead of monthly, as hereto- 

 fore. The general character of the maga- 

 zine will be the same, and its high stand- 

 ard will be maintained, but its purposes 

 will be more specifically those of a review 

 and outlook. It is believed that by pub- 

 lishing quarterly a review of the world's 

 events in every field, as well as to some 

 extent an outlook based on the conditions 

 presented, the essential features can be 

 fully covered. 



We are in receipt of a neatly gotten up 

 booklet entitled ''Billings, Montana," 

 which calls attention to the resources of 



the city and invites persons to locate 

 there, assuring them that "Billings peo- 

 ple will be found genial and hospitable, its 

 climate salubrious, and its chances for 

 gaining a competence, or even opulence, 

 equal to any spot on earth." 



The University of Illinois Agricultural 

 Experiment station at Urbana has issued 

 bulletin 69 on "Apple Rots in Illinois," 

 by George P. Clinton, M. S. Considerable 

 complaint has been made in this state of 

 the loss of apples through rotting and dur- 

 ing the past season the station made a spe- 

 cial study of the bitter rot fungus and 

 other apple rots of Illinois, the results of 

 which are given in this valuable bulletin. 



No better description of an Arizona 

 "roping, 1 ' or lassoing contest, has been 

 written than Ray Stannard Baker's story, 

 "The Roping at Pasco's," in the June Me- 

 Clure's. The conditions of the contest 

 are simple; the cowboy wins who ropes, 

 throws, and ties his steer in the quickest 

 time. In this case young Turk McGlory 

 of Texas carries off the prize, incidently 

 breaking all records. 



