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CLIP YOUR HORSES. 



Before you put your horses at hard spring work; clip 

 them. It will do them good to have the long, thick win- 

 ter coat taken off, just as you throw aside your winter 

 overcoat. They would not need clipping if they ran wild 

 in their natural state, but under the artificial conditions 

 which they live, clipping is a good thing for them. You 

 can get a very substantial horse clipping machine at little 

 money and one of these machines will last you a good 

 many years with very little attention. 



The Chicago Flexible Shaft Company, whose adver- 

 tisement appears in this issue, are the largest manufac- 

 turers of clipping machines in the world and they offer 

 what is considered to be by all odds the best machine on 

 the market at a very low price. Write them about one of 

 these machines. 



"TREE TANGLEFOOT." 



This sticky preparation applied directly to the bark 

 of trees is a complete protection against all worms, moths 

 and other pests. It was used last year with remarkable 

 success throughout New England in protecting fruit and 

 shade trees. Easily applied and long lasting. Its low cost 

 leaves no room for excuse in not using it. Everyone 

 having either shade trees or fruit trees is interested in 

 their protection and all are earnestly urged to write the 

 O. & W. Thum Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., who will 

 send them entirely free by mail a book containing much 

 instructive, interesting and valuable information. 



We are presenting herewith copy of testimonial letter 

 received by the Chicago House Wrecking Company, which 

 speaks well for that concern : 



"Benton Harbor, Mich., Dec. 8, 1908. 

 "Chicago House Wrecking Company, Chicago, 111. : 



"Gentlemen I received my carload of lumber all O. K. 

 Was well pleased with quality and prices. 



(Signed) "A. E. PHILLIPS." 



Books on Irrigation 

 and Drainage 



The Irrigation Age has established a book department 

 for the benefit of its readers. Any of the following 

 named books on Irrigation and Drainage will be for- 

 warded, postpaid, on receipt of price : 



Irrigation Institutions, Elwood Mead , $1.25 



Irrigation Engineering, Herbert M. Wilson 4.00 



The Primer of Irrigation, Anderson 2.00 



Irrigation and Drainage, F. H. King 1.50 



Irrigation for Farm and Garden, Stewart 1.00 



Irrigating the Farm, Wilcox 2.00 



Practical Irrigation, Aug. J. Bowie 3.00 



Practical Design of Irrigation Works, W. G. Bligh 6.00 

 Irrigation (as a branch of engineering), Hanbury 



Brown 5.00 



Earth Slopes, Retaining Walls and Dams, Chas. 



Prelini 2.00 



Road Preservation and Dust Prevention, Wm. P. 



Judson 1.50 



Practical Farm Drainage, Chas. G. Elliott 1.50 



Drainage for Profit and Health, Waring 1.00 



Farm Drainage, French 1.00 



Land Drainage, Miles 1.00 



Tile Drainage, Chamberlain 40 



The Irrigation Age Company, 



112 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. 



GOVERNMENT 

 LANDJ_ 



Open to Settlement 



Some of the richest and most productive farm 

 land in the world lies in the "Big Horn Basin" of 

 Wyoming. The United States Government is 

 spending seven million dollars in building great 

 ^concrete dams and ditches in order to lead an 

 inexhaustible supply of water to irrigate some of 

 the best of these lands and make them indepen- 

 dent of rainfall. A great portion of this work is 

 completed and 



The Government Now Offers 

 the Land to You 



Under certain conditions you have the oppor- 

 tunity to get from the Government a wonderfully 

 productive farm, with water whenever you want 

 it, regardless of rainfall; in a country where a 

 single crop can be made to pay for the land; 

 where 50 bushels of wheat or barley, and 75 

 bushels of oats are commonly grown to the acre; 

 where fruits grow luxuriously and where the 

 glorious air and sunshine, summer and winter, 

 makes life a joyous thing. 



This wonderful country is developing fast. 

 Churches and schools abound. The population is 

 intelligent, God-fearing and law-abiding, and any 

 man out there who is half a man has the oppor- 

 tunity to quickly make himself ^independent. 



Land in this great country is going fast. If 

 you have any thought for the welfare of your- 

 self or children find out all about this offer 

 from the United States Government. 



Reduced railroad rates "on the first and third 

 Tuesdays of each month. On these dates I will 

 personally conduct Landseekers* Excursions to 

 the Big Horn Basin, to show these lands. Come 

 with me on the next excursion and see for your- 

 self my services are free. 



Send for our new folder, with large map, and 

 also folder issued by the Reclamation Service of 

 the United States Government, giving all infor- 

 mation about these lands, terms, etc. Free for 

 the asking. Address 



Burlington 



0. CLEM DEAVER, General Agent, 



E Landseekers' Information 

 t Bureau 



69 Q Building,X>MAHA,NEB. 



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