TWENTY- FIRST-YEAR . 



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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF IRRIGATION FARMERS, 



DEALERS IN AND MANUFACTURERS OF, IRRIGATION AND 



GENERAL, FWR1VI Ivl ACHINEFiY". 



VOL,, xxi. 



CHICAGO, OCTOBER, 1906 



No. 12. 



THE NEW WAY 



which Is 



Revolutionizing the Re- 

 claiming of Arid Lands :: 



Irrigation ditches are now made in an entirely NEW and 

 SCIENTIFIC way. having forthe FUNDAMENTAL IDEA the 

 makinitof a PERFECT PERMANENT WATER-WAY, and 

 not the mere digging: of a ditch with no thought of NATURE'S 

 laws. The w >rthles desert may now be transformed, at small 

 cost, into a GARDEN SPOT with the 



AUSTIN DRAINAGE EXCAVATOR 



It constructs a ditch at a single operation, perfectly true 

 to grade, of practically any depth, width of bottom or 

 width of top, and slopes the banks to any angle. 



The waste banks are built at a distance from the ditch, 

 may be made continuous to serve as dykes and increase 

 the capacity of the ditch. 



It cuts the slope at a single operation, trimming them 

 from guide-ways, absolutely true to specifications and 

 removing every particle of loose earth. 



The excavating buckets travel in guide-ways, transversely of the ditch, shaving off a thin slice at each crossing, and truing the 

 bottom and banks without disturbing in any manner the original strata of the earth. 



With the banks undisturbed and exposed to the action of sun and wind they dry out, producing a baked surfacing, impervious to 

 the action of the elements and practically indestructible a ditch is made scientifically correct in principle and HAVING THE 

 GREATEST POSSIBLE PERMANENCY obtainable m earth construction. 



IT PRODUCES THE BERM 



Delivering the excavated earth at a distance of from 10 to 15 feet from the ditch and in a position in which it will not be returned by the action of 

 wind or erosion. 



It is well known that Dipper Dredges cut verticil aider, tear up the bottom and banks and deposit the excavated earth immediately adjacent 

 to the bank. Exposed to rain and froit, the banks cave and the waste banks are returned to the ditch fay wind and erosion, requiring Irequent 

 cleaning out at an expenie almost equal to the original cost of the ditch. 



The Austin Drainage Excavator produces a permanent ditch which keeps its shape and at a small fraction of the cost of ditches constructed 

 and maintained by Dipper Dredges. Write for Cata.oguc No. 5. 



F. C. AUSTIN DRAINAGE EXCAVATOR CO., GENERAL OFFICES RAILWAY EXCHANGE, CHICAGO, U. S. A. 



NEW YORK OFFICE, I BO NASSAU ST. 



Morris Machine Works 



BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. 



Centrifugal Pumping Machinery, designed for 

 any irrigating proposition. Send details or 

 specifications of what is wanted and we will 

 recommend a pumping outfit to supply the need 



New York OHice, 39-41 Corllandt Street 



Houston Office, Cor. Wood 4 Willow Sis., Texas 



Henion Hubbell, Agents, 61 N. Jefferson St. 



Chicago. 111. 



Harron, Rickard 4 McComb, Agents, 

 21 Fremont Street, San Francisco, Cal. 



