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THE IBKIGATION AGE. 



THE RECLAMATION DITCHER 



For Cutting Irrigation and Drainage 

 Ditches at the Least Cost 



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U. S. RECLAMATION DITCHER 



This type of machine Is different from all other ditching machinery, in that it plows the dirt out of the 

 ditch with a continuous sweeping motion, whereas all other machinery or appliances must pick the dirt up and 

 lift It out of the ditch and then dump it. 



The cost therefore, per cubic yard, of excavating with the U. S. Reclamation Ditcher is necessarily much 

 less than with any other tools or appliances. 



The Reclamation Ditcher is adapted to cutting ditches as deep as three feet below the original surface and 

 as wide as ten feet at the bottom and with sides sloped as steep as 2 to 1. 



It has adjustable oblique wheels which perform the same function as the oblique wheels of a sulky plow. 

 They are simply rolling landsides which counteract the side pressure of the earth on the mold and also make it 

 possible for the machine to be operated on the sloping side of the ditch as shown in the cut. 



It is universal in all of its adjustments and may be either used right or left hand. It is operated with 

 twelve horses. 



The difference in cost of cutting ditches with the Reclamation Ditcher and any other form of machinery 

 Is sufficient to pay for the machine very quickly. We absolutely guarantee this and will prove it to you by a 

 demonstration of the machine on your own work before you accept It 



Write for descriptive folder which gives diagra-ns of ditches and cost estimates. 



J. D. ADAMS & CO., Indianapolis, Indiana 





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