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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



EXAMINATIONS FOR POSITIONS. 



Supervising Drainage Examiner, Irrigation Manager, Irri- 

 gation Farmer. 



We are reproducing below notices for examinations 

 for three very desirable offices. These examinations will 

 be held March 6, 1907. No doubt many of our readers 

 will be interested and all those who are eligible are 

 asked to communicate with the Office of Experiment 

 Stations, United States Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C. 



IRRIGATION MANAGER. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

 March 6, 1907. 



announcement should be used in the application. 



As examination papers are shipped direct from the Com- 

 mission to the places of examination, it is necessary that 

 applications be received in ample time to arrange for the ex- 

 amination desired at the place indicated by the applicant. 

 The Commission will therefore arrange to examine any ap- 

 plicant whose application is received in time to permit the 

 shipment of the necessary papers. 



Issued January 26, 1907. 



IRRIGATION FARMER. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

 March 6, 1907. 



The United States Civil Service Commission announces 

 an examination on March 6, 1907, at the places mentioned 

 in the list printed hereon, to secure eligibles from which to 

 make certification to fill five vacancies in the position of 

 irrigation manager in the Office of Experiment Stations, 

 Department of Agriculture, at salaries of $1,800 to $2,500 

 per annum, and similar vacancies as they may occur. 



The examination will consist of the subjects mentioned 

 below, weighted as indicated : 



Subjects. Weights. 



1. Water supply and ditch management (practical ques- 



tions relative to water supplies, measurement of 

 water, definition of pumps and pumping machinery, 

 computations of capacity of pumps and reservoirs. 

 and methods of building ditches, laterals, and small 

 reservoirs) 25 



2. Irrigation practice (including methods of preventing 



seepage losses, of preparing land for the application 

 of water, or irrigating gardens, orchards, and field 

 crops, and keeping records and accounts in irriga- 

 tion practice) 25 



3. : Drawing (including plans for ditches, reservoirs, let- 



tering, and topography) 10 



4. Thesis of not less than 1,000 words on one of two 



subjects to be assigned 10 



5. Education and experience 30 



Total 100 



Applicants whose applications show them to be other- 

 wise eligible will be admitted to this examination regard- 

 less of the education and experience shown. The education 

 and experience claimed by them will be given consideration 

 before the rating of their examination papers, and if they 

 receive a rating of less than 70 per cent for education and 

 experience their examination papers will not be rated. Per- 

 sons, therefore, who have not had the required education and 

 experience should not apply for this examination. 



Applicants for this position must indicate in their ap- 

 plications that they have had scientific education equivalent 

 to that required for graduation in the agricultural colleges 

 in the United States, and also five years' experience in canal 

 management or irrigation practice. 



The duties of irrigation managers will be to direct ex- 

 periments to determine the best methods of operating canals 

 and applying water to crops, and to give practical advice and 

 direction to farmers about methods of irrigation to be fol- 

 lowed. 



More than one day may be required for this examination. 



Age limit, 21 years or over on the date of examination. 



This examination is open to all citizens of the United 

 States who comply with the requirements. 



This announcement contains all information which is 

 communicated to applicants regarding the scope of the ex- 

 amination, the vacancy or vacancies to be filled, and the 

 qualifications required. 



Applicants should at once apply either to the United 

 States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C., or to 

 the secretary of the board of examiners at any place men- 

 tioned in the list printed hereon, for application Form 1312. 

 No application will be accepted unless properly executed and 

 filed with the Commission at Washington. In applying for 

 this examination the exact title as given at the head of this 



The United States Civil Service Commission announces 

 an examination on March 6, 1907, at the places mentioned 

 in the list printed hereon, to secure eligibles from which to 

 make certification to fill five vacancies in the position of 

 irrigation farmer in the Office of Experiment Stations, De- 

 partment of Agriculture, at salaries of $720 to $1,200 per an- 

 num, and similar vacancies as they may occur. 



The examination will consist of the subjects mentioned 

 below, weighted as indicated: 



Subjects. Weights. 



1. Penmanship (the handwriting of the competitor in the 



subject of spelling and copying will be considered 

 with special reference to the elements of legibility, 

 rapidity, neatness, general appearance, etc.) 6 



2. Spelling and copying (an exercise of about five lines 



of ordinary prose containing twenty or more mis- 

 spelled words) 6 



3. Practical questions in farming (questions relating to 



the tools nd implements usedT in preparing land, 

 cultivating and harvesting crops, selection of crops 

 for field, garden and orchard, methods of planting, 

 cultivating, and harvesting) 30 



4. Practical questions in irrigation (questions relating 



to tools and methods used in preparing land for 

 irrigation, building laterals, and applying water to 

 crops) 30 



5. Farm economy and bookkeeping (questions relating to 



methods of providing a water supply, selection and 

 care of farm implements, appliances, and machinery, 

 and the keeping of farm records and accounts) .... 20 



6. Experience 10 



Total 100 



Applicants for this position must indicate in their ap- 

 plications that they have had five years' practice in the op- 

 eration of ditches or irrigating crops. 



Irrigation farmers will take charge of the irrigation of 

 the experimental farms carried on as a part of the irri- 

 gation extension work of the Office of Experiment Stations. 



More than one day may be required for this examination. 



Age limit, 21 years or over on the date of the examina- 

 tion. 



This examination is open to all citizens of the United 

 States who comply with the requirements. 



This announcement contains all information which is 

 communicated to applicants regarding the scope of the ex- 

 amination, the vacancy or vacancies to be filled, and the 

 qualifications required. 



Applicants should at once apply either to the United 

 States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C., or to 

 the secretary of the board of examiners at any place men- 

 tioned in the list printed hereon, for application Form 1093. 

 No application will be accepted unless properly executed and 

 filed with the Commission at Washington. In applying for 

 this examination the exact title as given at the head of this 

 announcement should be used in the application.^ 



As examination papers are shipped direct from the Com- 

 mission to the places of examination, it is necessary that 

 applications be received in ample time to arrange for the ex- 

 amination desired at the place indicated by the applicant. 

 The Commission will therefore arrange to examine any ap- 

 plicant whose application is rece-'ved in time to permit the 

 shipment of the necessary papers. 



Issued January 26, 1907. 



