VOL. xxv 



THE 



TITLE REGISTERED U.S.PATENT OFFICE 



I CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER, 191011 



NS11 



THE CHEAPEST DITCH 



Ditch Being Out with Sloping Banks An Austin Drainage Excavator Ditch, 

 showing variations in width made by same machine 



is not the One whose first cost 

 is least, but the one whose first 

 cost plus cost of maintenance 

 for a period of years is the least. 



No machine can dig such a 

 ditch except one that carves a 

 channel with sloping sides, 

 .smooth bottom, and wide 

 berms, from the solid soil, in one 

 operation. The 



AUSTIN DRAINAGE 

 EXCAVATOR 



is such a machine, and it is the 

 only one. 



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The Austin Drag Line Excavator 



olling Platform Traction 



The Austin Levee Builder The Austin Highway Ditcher 



The Austin Side Hill Ditcher The Austin Drainage Excavator The Austin Roll 



The Austin Tile Ditcher The Austin Orange Peel Ditcher The Austin Stump Puller and Grubber 



We Sell Outright or Lease. Send for Catalogue "S>" 



F. C. AUSTIN DRAINAGE EXCAVATOR CO. MS 



Morris Machine Works 



Baldwinsville, I*. Y. 



Centrifugal Pumping Machinery, : 

 designed for any irrigating propo- 

 sition. Send details or specifica- 

 tions of what is wanted and we 

 will reco" mend a pumping outfit 

 to supply the need. 



New York Office 

 39-41 Cortlandt Street 



Houston Office 

 Cor. Wood 6? ^ illow Sta , Texas 



Henion & Hubbell, Agents. 



223-231 N. Jefferson St.. Chicago. 



Harron. Rickard & McComb. 



Agents 



21 Fremont St. S. Francisco. Cal. 



H. A. Paine. Agent. 



Houston. Texas. 



THE IRRIGATION AGE COMPANY, Publishers 



CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 



