THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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Get First Crop Started Quickly 



Make Your Money ^ 



Come Back Quick 



COMPEL your land to return 

 your investment with big inter- 

 est. You must take advantage 

 now this spring of every passing hour. Every 

 minute means money, means profit if you move 

 quickly with the right machinery. 



By the newest method you can get onto your 

 land, this spring clear it of sage brush, level off the 

 hummocks, and fill in the hog-wallows, cut your lat- 

 erals, connect with the supply canal, get crops this 

 same season. 



One man you with four horses can do "won- 

 ders" with the 20th Century Grader and Ditcher, you 

 can grub, level, cat and clean laterals, throw borders, 

 make roads, move dirt as you choose. 



Level 



i n g 



Grubbing 



;No. 1 20tli Century with 

 Grubber lifted 



Here's your quick grubber. The moldboard has been 

 removed, the grubber fixed in its place. To the steel 

 upright, at its bottom are bolted two keen-edged, cruci- 

 ble steel knives. The driver with a convenient lever 

 drops or raises the grubber as he pleases. These two 

 knives pass along beneath the surface and slash off the 

 small roots at the weakest place. Read the rest of the 

 story in the catalog. Cut off the "Free Ticket" below 

 and send it in. It explains why 



Plowing Isn't Necessary 



No. 2 20th Century with 

 Grubber In ground 5 Inches 



If you don't have to plow you get your planting done 

 quickly, and get all the benefit of the first water turned on. 



Grubbing with a 20th Century costs $1.25 to $1.75 per 

 acre. You one man can grub 4 to 5 acres a day. 



"Convenient" that's the term 

 that applies to the 20th Century. 

 Its reversible moldboard can be swung 

 to any angle for leveling and grading. 

 You must slope your land at a gradual angle from 

 your main ditch. The 20th Century will do it for . 

 J^ to J^ the usual cost. You one man can do it- 

 The new catalog tells how. Cut off the Ticket below 

 and get catalog free. 



No. 3 20th Century, blade 



reversed to left. You can 



set It at any angle, or 



straight 

 across for leveling 





"V Shaped" laterals carry water with least waste. 

 20th Century cuts them 12, 15, 18, 24, 36 inches deep. 

 Cost $1.25 to $1.50 a mile. One man you can cut 



No. 4 20th Century tilted at ditch- 

 Ing angle for lateral making 



four to five miles a day. Once up, once back in moder- 

 ately soft ground is sufficient for an 18-inch lateral. 

 Send the "Free Ticket" below for a "fistful" of particu- 

 lars in our catalog. 



THE BAKER MANUFACTURING CO. 



726 FISHER BUILDING. CHICAGO 



To the Baker Mfg. Co.. 



726 Fisher Building, Chicago 



I own ___acres of 



(how many) (raw or improved) 



land 



(location) 



..Please send me that new catalog. 



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