THE IBBIGATION AGE 



SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED 



=ABOUT THAT 



6- PURPOSE IRRIGATION MACHINE 



LET this page be a source of practical and im- 

 mediate help to you. Send'your questions to 

 the Baker Mfg. Co. . 726 Fisher Building, Chicago, 

 who will have charge of this page regularly. 

 They will answer each month questions on Sage 

 Brush Grubbing; Lateral Cutting; Shallow Drain- 

 age; Land Leveling; Border Making and Road 

 Building. 



No. 1 Brush Grubbing Cost. 



What it the least expensive method of ridding land 

 of brushf 



Ans. The slow^inethod is to dig out each plant 

 one by one wijh a mattock. My! but it's pa- 

 tience-trying,'" Costs $3 to $4 an acre. Dragging 

 a bent steel rail forwards and backwards over the 

 brush with a team on each end is a little more 

 satisfactory. But the rail leaves many a brush 

 still standing that has to be dug out with a 

 mattock. Costs about $3.00 an acre. 



Here's the quickest, cheapest method. Fasten 

 the Sage Brush Cutter attachment to the 20TH 

 CENTURY GRADER (see cuts Nos. 2 and 3) , 

 hitch on two teams. One man can easily drive. 

 He alone can grub from four to five acres a day. 

 If four horses and a man cost from $5 to $7.00 a 

 day, it would figure fl.OO to $1.50 per acre. 



No. 2 -Grubbing and Plowing in One 

 Operation. 



Is it true that one can combine arubbintj and 

 plowing with a 20TH CEXTURY MACHlNEt 



Ans. Yes. This makes the irrigation farmer 

 "sit up and take notice." This double use grub- 

 bing attachment slides along under the surface at 

 a depth of four to six inches. It slashes off the 

 brush root where the rootlets meet on the thick- 



give it a thorough breaking up. The gro uuu 

 is in A No. 1 condition for immediate drilling in of 

 alfalfa or cereals. Here's where the 20TH CEN- 

 TURY saves great chunks of time and quite a 

 roll of bills in the early spring where a man has 

 just gotten onto his land 'and is eager to get a 

 crop the first season. 



20th Century 

 Grader 



No. 3 A Road Question. 



Instead of burning sage brush have you heard of 

 anyone spreading it on sandy roadsT 



Ans, Yes. In Washington they do this. 

 After travel once breaks it down, it improves the 

 surface greatly. In Wisconsin they spread on 

 sawdust for the same purpose. It's a good 

 idea. 



No. 4 Busy Season Ditching Cost. 



Please give the quickest metkodof cutting laterals, 

 especially in the spring when a man wants watei 

 quick and water company will soon turn on supply 

 What shape of ditch is most economicalf 



Ans. The most expeditious is to get a 20TH 

 CENTURY GRADER the fall before. Grub 

 out brush and level down all your hummocks, 

 carrying the extra dirt into tfr e hollows. Then 

 grade your land, sloping it gently from main 

 sources of water, using the grader for both sloping 

 and leveling. (See cut No. 4.) 



The "V" shape ditch is best, because the sharp 

 point at bottom compels water to flow more 

 evenly and rapidly than when bottom is curved. 

 The 20TH CENTURY cuts such aMitch. (See 

 cut No. 1.) This lateral will measure 15 to 24 

 in. deep and 24 to 30 in. wide. An 18-inch ditch 

 will carry 75 to 200 miner's inches of water per 

 second according to the grade. A 24-inch ditch 

 will accommodate 90 to 250 miner's iuohes per 

 second according to the grade. 



The cost for cutting such laterals is about $1.25 

 to $1 .50 a mile. Two teams and a man cost from 

 $5.00 to $7.00. They can cut from 5 to 6 miles 

 a day 



With a plow and crowder the same outfit can 

 Bnish but 2 miles, making the expense $3.00 to 

 $4.00 ' er mile. A little figuring will indicate 

 where the economy lies. 



* With a 20TH CENTURY this means double- 

 quickfcwork in the spring, when every minute 

 counts. If a buyer has'just moved onto his /and 

 he'wantsjto get some sort of crop in softh? t the 

 first water that's turned'on will give him some 

 benefit. Often a season's success or failure de- 

 pends on the first soaking. 



No. 5 Cleaning Trash From Laterals. 



Can laterals be cleaned with this machinef 

 Ans. -Here's an answer from Byers, Colo. 



A. J. Nordloh, writes (after telling how he levels 



his land): 



"Have used Grader in both"sandy and'clay soil, 



and will work in one as well as the other if the 



ground is dry enough, but if you can t plow it. 



No. I 20th CENTURY CUTTING "V" SHAPED LATERAL 



Thcjloose dirt on the sides can be cut off, moved over, and leveled with the same machine. Thus no ground 

 need be wasted. See answer to Question 4. 



you can't grade it. This spring my laterals were 

 full of thistles and trash so we could not run the 

 plow, as they would gat er under the beam and 

 pull the plow out. As I was passing one of these 

 ditches with the Grader, thought we would try, 

 but did not think we could do anything with it 

 until we had taken the trash out. Well, once up 

 and once back, and I had the prettiest ditch you 

 ever saw. Took out the trash and everything, 

 and left the ditch clean. 



"We rented our Grader to a neighbor at'Sl.OO a 

 day. When he returned it, he paid us double 

 the price, as he said he made more and better 

 ditcnes in three days than he could make in a 

 month with scrapers. 



"I bought this Grader to make three miles of 

 ditch, to carry water to a desert claim, and with 

 four horses and myself we put water on the desert 

 claim the first year. It beats all the big four- 

 .wheel graders to a frazzle." 



No. 6 Where to Get Information. 



Where can complete information regarding thit 

 machine be obtainedt 



Ans. Write the manufacturers, The Baker 

 Mfg. Co., No. 726 Fisher Building, Chicago; 

 "Dollars in the Ditch," is the unique name of 

 their new irrigation (folder. They send it with a 

 complete catalog. Both free. 



No. 2-SAGE BRUSH CUTTER ATTACHED. 



Here the moldboard has been removed and cutter 



substituted. See answer to Question 1. 



No. 3 SAGE BRUSH CUTTER. 

 This has a stiff, steel cutting edge sharpened and 

 pointed to rip open the brush. At each side are two 

 strong, keen knives that cut a swath 30 inches wide. 

 See Question 2. 



No. 4-MACHINE SET FOR LEVELING. 



For cutting down ''bumps" and hummocks, the 

 blade Is set at right angles, then lowered by main 

 lever and a moderate slice cutoff. The dirt is then 

 spread and "spilled" as desired. 



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