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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



PRINTERS' INK 



EDWIN F. ABELL, head of the 

 company that publishes the Balti- 

 more Sun, died in that city Febru- 

 ary 28, aged sixty-three years. His 

 father, A. S. AbeH. was the found- 

 er of the Sun, which dates from 

 1837, and the deceased was the last 

 surviving son, having had the man- 

 agement of the paper for ten years 

 past. His death was, in a measure, 

 brought on by grief and shock fol- 

 lowing the Baltimore fire 



THE Irrigation Age, published 

 monthly in Chicago by the D. H. 

 Anderson Publishing Co.. has ab- 

 sorbed Modern Irrigation, Denver. 

 There are five publications in the 

 United States devoted to the sub- 

 ject of irrigation, and the Irriga- 

 tion Age leads them in point of 

 circulation, being credited with a 

 monthly average of 22,100 copies 

 for 1903 in the Roll of Honor. The 

 consolidation gives a further in- 

 crease. The Denver publication 

 made no statement of circulation, 

 and was credited with H exceed- 

 ing 2.250 copies. The Irrigation 

 Age is nineteen years old. and is 

 said to have readers, in all parts of 

 the world among individual irriga- 

 tors and irrigation corporations. 



THE cir 

 edition of I 

 increased i\ 

 past year, i 

 no change 

 advertisin; 



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We are reproducing herewith notice which 

 appeared in the columns of PRINTER'S INK, the 

 leading authority in the advertising field, for 

 which we wish to thank the publishers of that 

 journal and at the same time call attention to 

 the fact that the combined circulation of the 

 two journals is considerably more than the 

 figure named. 



"POREST RESERVE "SCRIP" is the safest and quickest 

 - means for obtaining immediate title to government land. 

 Write for special prices for certain localities. 



HUGO SEABERG, RATON, N. M. 



BOOKS ON 



Irrigation and Drainage i | 



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 forwarded postpaid on 

 receipt of price: 



Irrigation Institutions, Elwood Mead 81.25 



Irrigation in the United States, F. H. Newell 2.00 



Irrigation Engineering, Herbert M. Wilson 4.00 



Irrigation and Drainage, F. H. King 1.50 



Irrigation for Farm and Garden, Stewart 1.00 



Irrigating the Farm, Wilcox 2.00 



The Primer of Irrigation, cloth, 300 pages 1.00 



Practical Farm Drainage, Charles G. Elliott 1.00 



Drainage for Profit and Health, Waring 1.00 



Principle and Practice of Farm Drainage, Klippart 1.00 



Farm Drainage, French 1.00 



Land Drainage, Miles 1.00 



Tile Drainage, Chamberlain 40 



Address 



THE D. H. ANDERSON PUBLISHING CO. 



112 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



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Before You Buy a Ranch 



Send for a free sample copy of Ranch and 

 Range, a 32-page illustrated monthly descriptive 

 of the Resources, Industries and Opportunities of the 

 Great West. Address 



RANCH AND RANGE, 



413-14 Quincy Block, DENVER, COLO. 

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LANDS IN THE FAMOUS 



Valley, of Mississippi, 



Along the lines of the Yazoo and Missis- 

 sippi Valley Railroad, are of the most 

 wonderful fertility for raising Cotton, 

 Corn, Cattle and Hogs. 



The clay will make the best of TILE and 

 Brick and manufacturers will find a great 

 field for TILE in that country, which is 

 so well adapted for Tile Drainage. 



Write for IP .M.r> Inlets 



IVIrii. 



EDWARD P. SKENE, Land Commissioner, 



Central Station, Park Row, Room 506 

 CHICAGO. ILL. 



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