THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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THE ECONOMY OF 



NORTHWESTERN 

 IRON HEADGATES 



Now is the time to clean out your reservoirs and ditches 

 and get your headquarters ready for next season's irrigating. 

 Before repairing that old wooden gate it will pay you to 

 investigate the advantages and economy of Northwestern 

 Iron Headgates. Many times during the irrigating season 

 you spend money and valuable time repairing and replacing 

 wooden gates, and next year you will have still more expense 

 and trouble. As this is a continual expense, a wooden gate 

 cannot be considered economical. 



Wooden gates are certain to swell, warp, decay and 

 break down. You know how hard and unhandy a wooden 

 gate is to operate and regulate. The swelling and warping 

 of the wood naturally makes the gate stick to the bottom 

 and sides. Often in opening you pull or pry the gate out 

 altogether, and lose time that may mean money to you, and 

 water that is a direct money loss. You can avoid all this 

 trouble by getting a Northwestern Iron Headgate. It can 

 be easily and quickly operated and exactly regulated and 

 cannot stick, because it is operated by a wheel and screw. 



A wooden gate is seldom water-tight. The swelling and 

 warping of the wood soon cause leaks. These leaks fre- 

 quently result in break-downs and wash-outs, which generally 

 occur just when you need the water to save a burning crop. 

 If it is a ditch gate that goes out, the run of water for you 

 in the ditch may be past by the time you have stopped the 

 break. Water lost means crops lost, and crops lost means 

 money lost. You cannot afford to take chances on leaks or 

 wash-outs or gates of doubtful quality when you can get an 

 absolutely water-tight and perfectly reliable iron headgate. 

 It is worth something to you to know that your water sup- 

 ply is safe and that you can absolutely control and econom- 

 ically regulate it. Northwestern headgates, being made of 

 iron, cannot swell or warp, and as all bearings are carefully 

 planed and ground, the gate cannnot leak. 



No matter how well a wooden gate is made, you know 

 that in a few years parts of it, at least, will rot to pieces 

 and need replacing,, if the entire gate does not need renew- 

 ing. The money you have already spent on it, put with what 

 is necessary now for repairs and what will be required next 



year, would amount to more than the cost of a Northwestern 

 Iron Headgate, which would last a lifetime without any re- 

 pairs whatever. Here is where the greatest economy of 

 Northwestern Iron Headgates comes in, because one North- 

 western Iron Headgate will outlast half a dozen wooden 

 gates. 



When you buy an iron headgate, price is not the only 

 thing to consider. Your first question should be not how 

 much will it cost, but what will it do and how much will it 

 save. The cheapest gate is the one that lasts the longest. 

 The first cost of a Northwestern Iron Headgate is its only 

 cost, while to the first cost of a wooden gate you must add 

 the expense of repairs year after year. 



Remember that Northwestern Iron Headgates are made 

 particularly for western irrigation reservoirs and ditches 

 made to answer all requirements of practical irrigators, and 

 to overcome all the defects of wooden gates. Northwestern 

 headgates, as made today, are the results of years of careful 

 study, experience and development. 



Quality of materials, combined with careful workman- 

 ship and the most approved design are what make North- 

 western headgates the most economical and satisfactory. 



If you have any doubt about the advantages and saving 

 of Northwestern Iron Headgates, it will pay you to get one, 

 set it up and try it. The trial costs you nothing because if 

 you are not convinced that the gate will really pay for itself 

 in the time, trouble, water and repairs it will save you, sim- 

 ply ship the gate back at my expense. I will stand the freight 

 both ways and pay you what it cost you to set up the gate. 

 If I did not have a gate which I knew positively would do 

 all I claim, and more, could I afford to do business in this 

 way? I don't feel that I take chances, because my gate has 

 never failed to prove my claims of satisfaction, value and 

 economy. 



Write today for catalogue showing many kinds of iron 

 headgates, some one of which you will find is especially suited 

 to your purpose. 



C. D. BUTCHART, Denver, Colorado 



