Tin^EISTY-THIRD 



PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF IRRIGATION FARMERS, 

 DEALERS IN A>JD MANUFACTURERS OF, IRRIGATION AND 

 GENERAL, FARM MACHINERY". 



xxni. 



CHICAGO. APRIL. 



No. 6 



AUSTIN DRAINAGE EXCAVATOR DITCHES 



ARE DRAINAGE DITCHES FROM START TO FINISH 



In dredge dug ditches the work must be begun at the source of the ditch, 

 because the dredge must have water in which to work. No part of the ditch is oper- 

 ative for drainage purposes until the whole ditch from source to mouth has been dug. 

 The Austin Drainage Excavator does not require water to float the 



machine. It travels on the banks 

 either ahead of or behind the work, 

 as desired. A ditch due; with an Aus- 

 tin Drainage Excavator can, there- 

 fore, be begun at the mouth and dug 

 toward the source. The adjoining 

 landisdrainedastheditch progresses. 

 Farming can be begun long before the 

 ditch is completed to its source. In 

 a word a dredge dug ditch is an elon- 

 gated pond of water until completed 

 from source to mouth, while an Austin 

 Drainage Excavator ditch is a drain- 

 age ditch and is operative! or drainage 

 purposes from the moment the first 

 cut is made. The Austin Drainage 

 Excavator is a ditch digging machine. 

 A dredge is a digging machine set to 



Stnd lor our Cataloiue " S." telllif how to dij ditches to templet. ditch Work 3.S a makeshift. 



F, G. AUSTIN DRAINAGE EXCAVATOR CO. 



Morris Machine Works 



BALDWINSV1LLE, N. Y. 



Centrifugal Pumping Machinery, designed for 

 any irrigating proposition. Stna details or 

 specifications of what is wanted and we will 

 recommend a pumping outfit to supply the need 



New Yoik Office, 39-41 Cortlandt Street 



Houston Office. Cor. Wood C. Willow Sts., Texas 



Henion f, Hubbell, Agents, 61 N. Jefferson St.. 



Chicago, 111. 



Harron, Rickard { McComb, Agents, 

 21 Fremont Street, Sin Francisco, Cal 



