THC IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXIII 



CHICAGO, FEBRUARY, 1908. 



No. 4 



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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Mr. Shumway has something further to 

 say in the editorial columns of this issue, 

 and among other matter sends in a com- 

 municated article on the question of 

 whether forests do or do not conserve 

 water. We would like very much to get an expression 

 from some of our western readers on this subject. 



Do Forests 



Conserve 



Moisture? 



Arrangements are under way whereby it 

 Articles by is hoped that we may be able to secure 

 Van Dyke. the right to publish in serial form the 

 most complete work on irrigation which 

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George H. Maxwell is again furnishing 

 Maxwell. newspapers throughout the country with 

 photographs of himself and writing ar- 

 ticles as editor of The Talisman. 



Maxwell gained notoriety through this sort of work 

 years ago and clearly overdid the matter, so much so 

 as to cause the rejection of his matter by a majority of 

 the leading papers. He always has "an ax to grind" 

 when he reaches out to secure notice in any publication 

 and it would be well for western papers to scrutinize 

 carefully all matter which he submits for publication. 



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