THE IRRIGATION AGh. 



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Four on the east, and which has been sunh 

 a large dividend payer. 



Read over this advertisement anyway 

 and if you want more information, write 

 James Lawler, secretary and manager, 

 Rossland, British Columbia. Mr. Lawler 

 is a mining man of wide experience, strict 

 integrity and splendid ability in his line. 



WORDS OF PRAISE. 



The following are two of the many testi- 

 monial letters received by the Aultman- 

 Taylor Company in praise of their clover 

 huller. 



GRINNELL, Kan., Jan. 4, 1902, 



DEAR SIRS: I wish to say that the 

 Matchless Huller I bought of your travel- 

 ing agent, Mr. George Schaefer, is a 

 dandy. It does the finest work I ever saw 



CLOVER HULLER. 



done. On December 24th I threshed and 

 cleaned 105 bushels of alfalfa seed and on 

 January 2d threshed and cleaned in fine 

 shape 150 bushels of alfalfa seed. With 

 best wishes for you and the Matchless, I 

 remain, Yours truly, 



J. H. PUGH. 



GENTLEMEN: T have been threshing 

 just one week to-day with my new outfit, 

 consisting of 12-horse Eureka Engine and 

 No. 3 Matchless Alfalfa Huller, and I take 

 pleasure in writing and informing you that 

 the rig has given myself and customers 

 the best of satisfaction, and as to cleaning 

 and saving the seed it has no equal. 

 Yours very truly, 



THEO. TELLESEN. 



LITERARY NOTES. 

 We are in receipt of Bulletin 67 from 

 the Colorado Experiment Station at Fort 

 Collins. H. N. Haynes writes interest- 

 ingly of "The Distribution of Water- 



Powers and Duties of Irrigation Officials 

 under Colorado Laws." 



One of the most amusing tales in the 

 fiction number of Scribner's is told by 

 Mary R. S. Andrews. A distinguished 

 Bishop and an eminent Judge furnish the 

 entertainment for a small boy, Bob, who 

 narrates the adventure. 



A former United States Minister to 

 China, Hon. Charles Denby, comments in 

 the July-September Forum on the recent 

 Senate debate on the Chiness Exclusion 

 Bill, and discusses the principal consider- 

 ations that should be regarded in all legis- 

 lation of this nature. 



It is difficult to imagine a better bal- 

 anced selection of domestic matter than is 

 found in the July Delineator, adapted as 

 it is to the trying needs of hot weather 

 Housewives will appreciate especially the 

 suggestions contained in Summer Salads 

 and Cheese Dishes, the chapter on mayon- 

 naise, the recipes for preparing cherries 

 and the directions for hot weather bever- 

 ages. In addition is an article useful at 

 any season on braising, frying and sauteing 

 meats. 



HOW THE CHINESE GET RAIN. 



It is one of the peculiarities of the Chi- 

 nese that, while they have developed elab- 

 rate philosophies, none of them have led 

 to any confidence in the uniformity of nat- 

 ure. Neither the people nor their rulers 

 have any fixed opinion as to the causes of 

 rainfall. The plan in some provinces, 

 when the need of rain is felt, is to borrow 

 a god from a neighboring district and peti- 

 tion him for the desired result. If his 

 answer is satisfactory, he is returned to his 

 home with every mark of honor; otherwise 

 he may be put out in the sun, as a hint to 

 wake up and do his duty. A bunch of 

 willow is usually thrust into his hand, as 

 willow is sensitive to moisture. 



Another plan in extensive use is the 

 building of special temples in which are 



