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THE IERIGATION AGE. 



SUGAR-BEET 

 INDUSTRY 



IN 



NEBRASKA 



AND 



COLORADO 



Is attracting the attention of capitalists 

 and farmers along 1 the 



UNION PACIFIC 



From beets averaging- 15 to 25 tons to 

 the acre, the factory can extract 14 per 

 cent, granulated sugar, or 280 pounds to 

 the ton of beets. 



For full information 

 about the 



Famous Platte Valley, 



Its entire length traversed "by 

 the Union Pacific. 



E. L. LOMAX, C. P. & T. A. 

 Omaha, Neb. 



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THE IRRIGATION AGE has established a book 

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 of the following named books on Irrigation 

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Irrigation Institutions, Eiwood Mead $1.25 



Irrigation in the United States, F. H. Newell 2.00 



Irrigation Engineering, Herbert M. Wilson 4.00 



Irrigation and Drainage, F. H. King 1.50 



Irrigation for Farm and Garden, Stewart 1.00 



Irrigating the Farm, Wilcox 2.00 



The Primer of Irrigation, cloth, 300 pages 2.00 



Practical Farm Drainage, Charles G. Elliott 1.00 



Drainage for Profit and Health, Waring 1.00 



Farm Drainage, French 1.00 



Land Drainage, Miles 1.00 



Tile Drainage, Chamberlain 40 



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ABOUT 

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 SOUTH 



'About theSouth" is the name of a 64-page illustrated pamphlet issued by the Passenger Dept. of the 



ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R. CO. 



in which important questions are tersely answered in brief articles about 



Southern Farm Lands, Mississippi Valley Cotton Lands, Truck 

 Farming, Fruit Growing, Stock Raising, Dairying, Grasses and 

 Forage, Soils, Market Facilities and Southern Immigration 



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 Mississippi and Louisiana, including the famous :: :: :: 



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Send for a free copy to J. F Merry, A. G. P. A., I. C. R. R., Dubuque, Iowa. 

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