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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



THE ADAPTATION OF VARIE- 

 TIES TO SOILS. 



Cows' Relief is a specific Remedy 1 

 for all troubles of bag and teats. It 

 enables dairymen, farmers and other 

 cow owners to keep their cows in a | 

 healthy and profitable condition. 

 Cows' Relief is one of the most per- I 

 fectly penetrating: and disinfecting: 

 compounds in existence. It goes 

 directly to the seat of the trouble, 

 relieves the congestion and breaks 

 up the bunches that prevent a nat- 

 ural flow of milk, 



Twelve to twenty-four hours' time 

 is all that is required to relieve any 

 case of Caked Bag, if applied freely 

 at the beginning of the trouble. 



FOR HEIFERS 



WITH FIRST CALF 



Cows' Relief works in a most pleas- 

 ing. prompt and successful manner. 

 It relieves the soreness and swelling 

 in *he bag and is worth its weight 

 in gold to every dairyman. It keeps 

 the teats soft and flexible, and renders 

 the animal quiet and docile. 



H. C. Rice, Farmington, Conn., says: 



"Please send me two boxes of 

 ows* Belief. Enclosed find check 



C 

 fo 



ows ee. ncose n cec 

 or same. Please send at once. I 

 ouldn't be without it in my stable." 

 L. P. Cnthbert, Hammond, N. Y v says: 

 "I have nsed yonrCows' Relief and 

 find it a very valuable remedy for 

 Caked Bag." 



We have scores of testimonials 

 like the above. Ask your dealer for 

 Cows' Relief and insist on having 

 the genuine. If he cannot supply you 

 write direct to us, enclosing $1 for 

 large package prepaid, (enough for 

 four or five ordinary cases). Your 

 money back if you are not satisfied. 

 Positive guarantee on every package. 

 Or send your name andone neighbor's 

 who keeps cows, stating how many 

 you each have, and we will send 

 our book concerning "Cow Troubles." 

 also Goldine Cow Watch Charm 

 FREE while they last. 



OUB HUSBANDS MFG. CO.. 

 710Chapel8t.. Lyndon. Vt. 



You can increase 

 the value of 

 your property 



and at the same time save money by dig- 

 ging your irrigating ditches with a Vul- 

 can Steam Shovl. It's a mighty small 

 piece of work where a Vulcan Shovel will 

 not save the price of itself. We don't ask 

 you to take our word for it, but we do ask 

 you to let us send you the proof. 



Vulcan Steam Shovel* are built in 10 

 standard sizes from 22 to 110 tons in 

 weight, and $i to 5 cubic yard dipper. 



When writing, give full description of 

 your work. 



Vulcan Iron Works Co. 



130 Vulcan Place 

 Toledo, Ohio 



The Yellow Newtown Pippin apple, 

 which is well-known to most apple 

 growers, well illustrates the adaptation 

 of varieties to soils. This variety or- 

 iginated on Long Island and was grown 

 in a few restricted localities in the vi- 

 cinity of New York, and in a small way 

 at Albemarl in Virginia. In the first 

 year -of Queen Victoria's reign, Her 

 Majesty was presented with a few bar- 

 rels of this variety, which were grown 

 at Albemarl. So pleased was she with 

 the apples that she had the tax removed 

 from this one variety. As might be ex- 

 pected, this notice by the queen brought 

 the variety into prominence, and since 

 that time it has been much in demand 

 for the export trade. This demand led 

 to increased plantings, when it was soon 

 found that this variety succeeded in only 

 a few restricted localities. Recently it 

 has been determined that this varietal 

 peculiarity is entirely due to soil. 

 Wherever soil is found which corre- 

 sponds in its physical make-up with 

 those where the variety has succeeded, 

 and the climatic conditions are favor- 

 able, the Yellow Newtown will succeed. 



It is simply an extreme case of the 

 adaptation of a variety to a particular 

 soil. NO doubt some other factors, 

 which are not now understood, enter 

 into the adaptation, but the general 

 principle holds good. 



The intending planter of fruit of any 

 description will do well to study very 

 thoroughly the plantations in his neigh- 

 borhood which are located on similar 

 sites and soils. W. PADDOCK. 



THE ADVERTISING COLUMNS. 



I wonder if the average reader of the 

 IRRIGATION AGE thinks the advertising 

 columns of the paper are interesting? I 

 wonder if he looks them over carefully 

 each month and gets anyways near the 

 information out of them that he does 

 from the reading matter proper? I 

 wonder if he considers the advertising 

 a part of the paper, speaking of it in the 

 light of something for which he has 

 paid $1.00 to receive it each month for 

 one year; or does he consider it some- 

 thing separate from that part of the pa- 

 per which he thinks he is paying for. 



There are two ways of bringing the 

 manufacturer and the consumer to- 

 gether of presenting you, the consum- 

 er, with information and prices regard- 

 ing goods which you may be in need of. 

 One way is to advertise in the columns 

 of the papers which you read. Another 

 way is to write you a personal letter. 

 Did you ever hear any one say that if 

 you buy an article that is widely adver- 

 tised you will pay more for it, because 

 somebody has got to pay for that ad- 

 vertising? There is no truth in that 

 statement. Here is the proof. Count- 

 ing four persons to a family, the circula- 

 tion of the IRRIGATION AGE being 33,000 

 copies each month, it is read by 132,000 

 people, we will say. Now then, it costs 

 $50 to put a page advertisement in one 

 issue of this paper. Therefore, by ad- 

 vertising it costs $50 to reach these 

 132,000 readers. Suppose now, that in- 

 stead of advertising, the manufapturer 

 should write each one of these readers 

 a personal letter. The postage for these 

 letters would cost him $1,320. Does this 



CLASSIFIED 

 DEPARTMENT 



Classified rate 5c per word, seven aver- 

 age wurds to a line, including address. 



PECOS VALLEY OF TEXAS. 

 Thousand acres under best irrigation 

 system in Pecos Valley, cut in any size 

 tracts, 845.00 per acre with water-rights. 

 Write Barton-Duggan, Denton, Texas, 

 for particulars. 



WANTED At once, a competent 

 civil engineer, with practical experience 

 in irrigation work. Write, stating quali- 

 fications and salary. Steady employ- 

 ment. Central Okanagan Land and 



Orchard Co., Ltd., Kelowna, B. C. 



demonstrate to you conclusively wheth- 

 er it is cheaper to advertise an article 

 in the paper you read or to write you a 

 personal letter? 



Advertising brings things you need 

 within your reach. It reduces the cost 

 of distributing these articles all over 

 the country. It, therefore, directly ben- 

 efits you. Advertising is a part of the 

 paper. It is one of the most profitable 

 parts to you. Whether you have or 

 whether you have not appreciated the 

 advertising columns, you certainly 

 should, in our estimation. You'll keep 

 finding new things, new machinery, bet- 

 ter and cheaper than what you are get- 

 ting along with now. You are entitled 

 to a diversified line of advertising in 

 this paper for the information you can 

 get out of it. The advertising depart- 

 ment should be your buying guide. It 

 is furnished you as part of the value you 

 are to get for the price of the subscrip- 

 tion. I would not take a paper that had 

 no advertisments, and furthermore I 

 would keep carefully informed on things 

 I used in my work or in my home or 

 what my family used, by reading and 

 answering and buying through adver- 

 tisements which I read in my papers. 



Advertisers are always glad to an- 

 swer your inquiries and to send you 

 complete information and prices with 

 reference to the goods or whatever it 

 may be that they have for sale. Why 

 not be well informed? Why not learn 

 all there is to know from the adver- 

 tising columns of the paper you are 

 paying for? The advertisements are 

 merely an index. You are entitled to 

 the catalogues and information that 

 the advertiser will send you immediate- 

 ly upon receipt of your inquiry. 



In this issue of our paper are shown 

 advertisements of land companies from 

 various parts of the west. Anyone who 

 is interested at all in new sections of 

 the country should read these land com- 

 panies' advertisements and get their 

 booklets and maps. Anyone who is in- 

 terested in irrigation or agricultural 

 machinery, or in household goods, or 

 in spray machinery, or gasoline engines 

 are doing themselves a favor and are 

 getting the most benefit out of this pa- 

 per for which they are paying $1.00 

 per year, only when they read these ad- 

 vertisements and investigate what they 

 have to say or sell. 



