T3nBNTV-F=OURTH 



iRRIGMION AG 



PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF IRRIGATION FARMERS, 



DEALERS IN ATvID MANUFACTURERS OF, IRRIGATION AND 



GENERAL, F-A.RM MACHINERY. 



VOL. xxiv. 



CHICAGO. JANUARY. 1909. 



No. 3 



TITLE HEOISTEHED P. S. PATENT OFFICE 





A Ditch for Irrigation or Drainage 



is not merely an elongated pit filled with water 

 it is an open conduit. It is an engineering struc- 

 ture! J ust as truly as is a railway. Its purpose is 

 toj[ transport water just'as it is the purpose of a 

 railwayito transport merchandise. Like a railway, 

 a*drainage[or[[an irrigation ditch must, to do its 

 best[[work,'_be^permanent and capable of trans- 

 porting"thej[maximumj amount at the minimum 

 cost .'i^To*[meetJ this'" condition engineers have 

 found thatj aj ditchjf must be' true to line and 

 grade ,' have smooth sides'and bottom, and have 

 its[sides[sk>ped*so'as to'prevent'caving. This is 

 the|kind[of[ditch;that:the AUSTIN DRAINAGE 

 EXCAVATOR digs] to templet and in one 

 operation. It is a ditch-constructing machine, 

 not)| merely a machine ^[that * willjjexca vate ' an 

 elongatedf'pitJ[inI' - the|'ground.^[LikeJeach^of the 

 otherjmachines Kstedjjbelow it is'ajspecia'l mach- 

 ine for^a special task. ) jj 



The line comprises: 



The Austin Drainage Excavator 



The Austin Levee Builder 



The Austin Power Scraper Excavator 



The Austin Rolling Platform Traction 

 The Austin Sturniy Puller and Grubber 

 The Austin Side Hill Ditcher 



The Austin Orange Peel Ditcher 

 The Austin Highway Ditcher 



WE SELL OUTRIGHT OR LEASE 



SEND FOR OUR NEW COMPLETE CATALOGUE "S" 



F. C. AUSTIN DRAINAGE EXCAVATOR COMPANY 



Railway Exchange, Chicago, III. 



Morris Machine Works 



BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. 



Centrifugal Pumping Machinery, designed for 

 any irrigating proposition. Send details or 

 specifications of what it wanted and we will 

 recommend a pumping outfit to supply the need 



New Tork Office, 39-41 Cortlandt Street 



Houston Office. Cor. Wood C. Willow Sis., Texas 



Henion 4 Hnbbell. Agents, 61 N. Jefferson St.. 



Chicago. III. 



H arron, Bickard < NcComb. Agents, 

 21 Fremont Street, San Francisco, Cal. 



