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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



check valve, to a higher head than its source. The 

 water hammer, which operates the ram, must have suffi- 

 cient weight and velocity to give the necessary power 

 per stroke to open the check valve. The stroke of the 

 impetus valve may be shortened or lengthened, depend- 

 ing on conditions. The speed with which it operates 

 depends on the length of its stroke, perhaps twenty-five 

 to forty or fifty per minute. 



The quantity of water which the ram will deliver 

 varies according to the conditions under which it oper- 

 ates. The quantity of water supplied to it, the height 

 from which it descends, the distance to the point of 

 delivery, and the elevation, all are important and are 

 features to be reckoned with. In general, one-seventh of 

 the water may be said to be delivered at the storage 

 point. 



The illustration at the head of this article indicates 

 an ideal installation. While it is necessary to alter 

 these features somewhat in nearly every instance, the 

 general rules apply, and may be safely followed. 



One of the leading manufacturers of hydraulic 

 rams is the Deming Company, of Salem, Ohio, whose 

 advertisement appears elsewhere in this issue. They 

 build a number of different sizes, according to the 

 quantity of water required and supplied, and will be 

 pleased to furnish' information on request. The lower 

 illustration shows their No. 7 ram. Other sizes, rang- 

 ing from No. 2 to No. 8, are also offered. 



THE MONARCH BLOCK MACHINE. 



The Cement Machinery Company, of Jackson, 

 Mich., the eldest and largest concrete machinery manu- 

 facturing concern in the country, has just placed upon 

 the market a new face down block machine, which is 

 built exclusively for one width, as this style of machine 

 seems to be very much in demand by many, notwith- 

 standing the fact that there are many adjustable ma- 

 chines on the market which, of course, sell at a very 

 much higher price. 



This company is able to offer this Monarch face 

 down 8 by 8 by 16 machine, complete, to the trade and 

 ship promptly at the very low price of $48 f. o. b. Jack- 

 son, Mich. They can also furnish the 8 by 10 by 16 

 Monarch, complete, at $54 and the 8 by 12 by 16, com- 

 plete, at $60. 



It has the latest designs, is built very strong and 

 is composed of the very best gray iron castings as well 

 as steel and considerable machine work by skilled work- 

 men is also put upon it before it leaves the factory. 

 With this machine you can put a rich face on the front 

 of the block or on the back. The cores, two of them, 

 pull horizontally with a lever. 



This style of machine has always been in demand, 

 but could not be secured on account of the high prices 

 charged for this style of machine. But when one stops 

 to figure out the proposition and the complete equip- 

 ment they can hardly believe that $48 will buy this ex- 

 cellent proposition. Fur further information, we would 

 advise that you write the above company and ask for 

 their catalogue M. 



From Our Exchanges 



Denver Field and Farm: The ranchers who have been 

 pinched by Baron Pinchot's forest reserve policy are not 

 the only ones among the oppressed who have a big kick 

 coming. More than one-fourth of the area of Colorado 

 available for homesteads and mining is barred from entry. 

 In certain localities mining development has been entirely 

 stopped on account of the annoyance and persecution of 

 petty officers. The more complaints against a ranger, the 

 more he is praised and favored by the forestry bureau. The 

 ranger is omnipotent on his reserve, can perpetrate any kind 

 of injustice and rules with an iron hand. The position is 

 a good opening for graft and suspicion is not always with- 

 out reason. Some friends of the rangers are known to cut 

 all the timber they want while others are prosecuted for 

 the least imaginary infraction. Mining patents are not 

 granted except upon impossible conditions and subject to 

 the approval of the ranger who never approves. This' is 

 preventing capital from coming to Colorado. A number of 

 good mining properties remain at a standstill on account 

 of the rulings and the mischievous rangers. The reserve 

 policy has made it practically impossible to start a new min- 

 ing camp and everybody knows what this means to the future 

 of Colorado. 



El Paso News : Some Coloradoans appear to be very 

 greatly exercised over the thought which, evidently, has just 

 come to them, that the water which is to be stored by the 

 Engle dam will not be used to irrigate some lands which 

 the hold, and they hold Texas and El Paso responsible for 

 what* they call a great outrage. The Denver Post recently 

 published an article in which El Paso was unmercifully 

 scored because this city is so fortunate as to be the me- 

 tropolis of the vast region of fertile lands which are to be 

 watered from the big dam, and an interview was printed 

 with an attorney for several irrigation companies of Colo- 

 rado in which the threat is made that the federal govern- 

 ment will be asked to rescind its action in giving this sec- 

 tion access to the Rio Grande waters for irrigation purposes. 

 At least, it is proposed to have the regulation so modified 

 that the Colorado people may get the water first, leaving 

 the lands in Texas, Mexico and New Mexico to take what 

 is left. This is the way the Colorado land owners feel about 

 it according to the Post: 



"Texas is the villian in the case, and Old Mexico, which 

 has been blamed by the people of the San Luis valley for 

 preventing them from using the waters of the Rio Grande 

 beyond a certain extent, is duly exonerated. 



"A few boomers at El Paso seem to have more influ- 

 ence at Washington than the entire state of Colorado, 

 for the 60,000 acres in Mexico which are to receive the 

 waters of the Engle dam, according to treaty, could easily 

 be supplied without interfering with the irrigation of the 

 San Luis valley. But the El Paso people managed to influ- 

 ence the reclamation service so that most of the water from 

 the dam will go to lands in southern New Mexico and part 

 of Texas. As a result Colorado must pay the fiddler." 



Send $2.50 for The Irrigation Age 

 1 year, and the Primer of Irrigation 



American Falls (Idaho) Press: Eight years ago W. A. 

 Johnson filed on a homestead about three miles from Ameri- 

 can Falls. "Everybody," said Mr. Johnson to a Press rep- 

 resentative, "thought I was crazy. And when I bought a 

 lot of fruit trees and put them out they were certain of it, 

 but I guess some of them are not so positive about it now. 

 I have never had a fruit failure since the trees began to bear. 

 I account for it by the fact that they bud later. I suffered 

 no injuries when Boise valley and Utah fruit was injured 

 recently. I have apples, pears, prunes and cherries, about 

 600 trees altogether. I have about 100 prune trees which 

 last year returned me $3 per tree. I did not keep close 

 account of my apples, but I estimate that I had about 400 

 bushels. I sold them for five cents a pound and could have 

 sold many more. The apples are all hardy varieties, mostly 

 Jonathans. My cherries have always yielded well. The 

 varieties are Marillo, Duke and Early Richmond." The 

 success which Mr. Johnson has had should be an inspiration 

 to every owner of irrigated land. Considering that 110 trees 

 can be grown to an acre, if they yield but $2.50 per tree, 

 what crop will be so profitable? The market for Idaho 

 fruit is world-wide. 



