THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXIII 



CHICAGO, NOVEMBER, 1907. 



No. 1 



THE IRRIGATION AGE 



With which is Merged 



MODERN IRRIGATION THE DRAINAGE JOURNAL 



THE IRRIGATION ERA MID-WEST 



ARID AMERICA THE FARM HERALD 



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It may interest advertisers to know that The Irrigation Age is the 

 only publication in the world having an actual paid in advance 

 circulation among individual irrigators and large irrigation corpo- 

 rations. It is read regularly by all interested in this lubject and has 

 readers in all parts of the world. The Irrigation Age is 22 yean 

 old and is the pioneer publication of its class in the world. 



Probably no state in the Union is more 

 Will Not immune from the fluctuations of Wall 

 Affect street stocks than is Colorado. This is 



Colorado. largely due to her agricultural wealth and 



a prosperous and successful season has 

 given the commonwealth a stability which it would be 

 difficult to undermine. It is true, as Secretary Garfield 

 pointed out in his interview with President Roosevelt 

 on the subject of the recent Wall street flurry, that 

 "Western bankers have gradually been divorcing them- 

 selves from Wall street influences until they are now 

 practically independent of them." When one looks 

 further into the matter it is easy to comprehend why 

 this divorce ha's been made possible. The west con- 

 cerns itself with wealth that is substantial with the 

 products of the soil and the raising of live stock. Cli- 

 matic conditions remaining normal, there is little that 

 can have a disturbing effect upon the accumulated 

 wealth of agriculture. When a corner on any of the 

 products of the soil is secured it is easily broken and 

 no panic results, for there can be no overcapitalization, 

 no watering of stocks. The West's prosperity is invul- 

 nerable, and while the eastern financial disturbance can- 

 not help but have a disheartening effect on western 

 enterprise, there is no fear of failure, no danger of 

 panic. Just an example or two of Colorado's wealth 

 will show how unassailable it is. Greeley, the heart of 

 the potato region, will receive $2,000,000 from its crop, 

 while at Monte Vista, the largest of San Luis valley 

 shipping points*, it is estimated that the potatoes sent 

 from there will net $750,000. 



With this issue the IRRIGATION AGE be- 

 Our gins the twenty-third year of its success- 



Twenty-third ful existence. Ever since its inception the 

 Year. paper has been the exponent of progressive 



and modern ideas in irrigation, and we 

 feel that we can claim some of the credit for the success- 

 ful carrying out of many prospective plans. We have 

 been fearless in statements made and have always en- 

 deavored to conscientiously and thoroughly examine into 

 every project which we undertook to comment upon. We 

 have at times criticized severely, but have acted always 

 upon the dictates of our best judgment. 



The AGE is now entering upon a new era in its 

 career. We appreciate, as stated in our October issue, 

 that we do not reach anywhere near the number of 

 people that we should and it is to be our aim the com- 

 ing year to get in better touch with the western agri- 

 culturist and by getting into closer relation with the 

 middle western and eastern people to enlarge the rap- 

 idly swelling ranks of these western agriculturists. To 

 the advertiser we are thus enlarging a field with which 

 he has connection through this paper alone. 



Our policy in the future will continue to be what 

 it has been in the past. It is our intention to make the 

 AGE the best periodical that effort and resources can 

 produce and to this end are using our best endeavor. 

 Criticism' is invited. We appreciate that we are not 

 infallible and any suggestion or ideas which our readers 

 have to make will be most cheerfully welcomed. We 

 ask your cooperation in making the AGE the brightest, 

 cleanest and most progressive publication possible. 



