THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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AGRICULTURE is the noblest employment of man, 

 and is the true source of a nation's prosperity and inde- 

 pendence, for it promotes manufacture, stimulates com- 

 merce and creates wealth. Whatever, therefore, tends 

 to foster and enlarge agriculture must of necessity prove 

 a public blessing. Irrigation does all of this in larger 

 measure perhaps than any other one thing and hence 

 whatever tends to promote the growth of irrigation 

 should be given cordial and substantial support. 



IRRIGATION opens up the new lands and blazes the 

 way for railroads, towns, and all the complex ramifica- 

 tions of modern civilization that quickly follow. 



BREAD is foremost among the necessities of life. 

 The marvelous production of breadstuffs is what has 

 placed the United States in the very forefront, of the 

 world's greatest powers. 



FREE alcohol will insure a good market for many 

 of the waste products of western farms. 



MESQUITE and sage brush, under the benign influ- 

 ence of irrigation, are giving way to wheat fields, gar- 

 dens, and prosperous, happy American homes. 



SOME of the new lands recently brought under 

 cultivation by means of irrigation have been found to 

 be exceedingly fertile, the yields surpassing those of 

 the rich prairie lands in the middle west. 



MANY millions of acres of good land are yet to be 

 reclaimed by irrigation and to do this great work a 

 large force. of workmen will be required. Tools, ma- 

 chines and equipment will also be needed. 



THE first regular meeting of The American Irriga- 

 tion Federation will be held in Boise, Idaho, September 

 2, at the Idanha Eotel. The date fixed for this meet- 

 ing (September 2) is the Sunday preceding the open- 

 ing of the National Irrigation Congress, which meets 

 at Boise, September 3-8. The work undertaken by 

 the Federation is now well understood, and there should 

 be a large attendance at the initial meeting. A press- 

 ing invitation is extended to all mem'bers to be present 

 and bring your friends with you, for a number of im- 

 portant matters will be discussed and acted upon. 



ACCORDING to a bulletin issued by the Passenger 

 Department of the Union Pacific Railway, Nebraska 

 will have good crops this year. Following is the esti- 

 mated yield of the several cereal crops : Wheat, 45,000,- 

 000 bushels; rye, 3,000,000 bushels; oats, 2,700,000 

 bushels; alfalfa, 1,260,000 tons. 



The Colorado Experiment Station has issued the 

 following bulletins: "Insects and Insecticides," "Fer- 

 tilizer Experiments with Sugar Beets," and "Larkspur 

 and Other Poisonous Plants." 



A FEW weeks' sojourn in the Rocky Mountains or 

 on the Pacific coast will do one more good than a barrel 

 of medicine moreover, in traveling to the coast one 

 will find numerous opportunities for making profitable 

 investments. 



IN THIS issue we present a number of illustrations 

 showing irrigated lands in Washington and Montana, 

 tributary to the Great Northern Railway. The views 

 shown are: "A Lateral Canal and Land Irrigated by 

 Spokane Canal Co.," "Part of the Canal of the Spokane 

 Co.," "Oats Yielding Seventy-five Bushels per Acre," 

 "Flume of Spokane Canal Co." and "Irrigation Apple 

 Orchard." The illustrations were made from photo- 

 graphs taken by the Passenger Department of the Great 

 Northern Railway, and they show actual scenes along 

 the route. 



A contract has been made between the United States and 

 the Buford-Trenton Water Users' Association, a corporation 

 duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of 

 North Dakota. By the terms of this contract the water users' 

 association guarantees the return of the moneys invested by 

 the United States in the construction of the irrigation works 

 of the Buford-Trenton project. 



Anyone wishing information about Utah, its re- 

 sources and opportunities, should procure a copy of 

 "Utah," a new book issued by the passenger department 

 of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, Omaha, Neb. 

 The book comprises more than one hundred pages, and 

 covers a wide range of subjects, including area, agri- 

 culture, climate and health, cost of living, dairying, fish 

 culture, horticulture, irrigation, manufacture, minerals, 

 poultry, population, schools, stock raising, timber, rail- 

 roads, and historical data. A number of valuable tables 

 are also furnished. The little book is of great value 

 not only to people in other States who may desire in- 

 formation concerning Utah and her resources, but also 

 to the residents of the State. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



BRAWLEY, CAL., June 7, 1906. 

 EDITOR IRRIGATION AGE: 



In your May issue you discuss "Oppressive Use of 

 Power" at Yuma, Ariz. You kept too close to the Sangineta 

 store to ascertain the facts, or you looked at the Yuma project 

 through smoked glasses. 'Please go back with a clear pair 

 of glasses and find out what the home seekers have to say; 

 please look without prejudice, and find out what the real users 

 of water think not what some capitalist thinks. 



ROUND ROBIN. 



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