THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXIII 



CHICAGO, APRIL, 1908. 



No. 6 



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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Interesting to Advertisers. 



It may interest advertisers to know that The Irrigation Age it tht 

 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 subject and has 

 readers in all parts of the world. The Irrigation Age is 23 yean 

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



We are publishing in this issue a short 

 Sugar article by Mr. John G. Hall of Colorado 



Beets. on "How We Grow Sugar Beets and Mar- 



ket Them." Mr. Hall is at present located 

 at Colorado Springs, where he has charge of irrigation 

 work, and news from him is at all times interesting. 



It may interest our advertisers to know 

 New that we have added 465 new yearly sub- 



Readers, scribers to our list during the month of 



March. This is considered a wonderful 

 growth in view of the fact that many other publications 

 in the agricultural field are complaining of a falling off 

 in subscriptions, it moreover verifies a statement made 

 by the IRRIGATION AGE some years ago that the irrigated 

 sections of the west would show marked activity and 

 healthfulness during times when the eastern and cen- 

 tral states were feeling uncertain in a financial way. 



We have in course of preparation an 

 Orland article on the Orland project, Orland, 



Project California. This article will be finely 



illustrated and will be followed by others 

 of interest to those who are studying the possibilities 

 of that country. It was our intention to use this 

 article in our April issue, but lack of space prevented. 



We are offering in this issue another in- 

 Supreme stallment of Supreme Court decisions on 

 Court irrigation cases, and in this connection 



Decisions. would suggest to our readers that any in- 

 quiries which they care to make concern- 

 ing legal features in irrigation affairs will be closely 

 investigated by us, and a reply printed in this depart- 

 ment. There are, no doubt, times when difficulties arise 

 concerning the division of water, water quantities, prior 

 rights, etc., where we would be in position to assist our 

 readers, and we will be very glad, indeed, to do so if 

 they will communicate with us. Where the editor is 

 not sufficiently posted personally to answer the inquiries 

 they will be referred to well known authorities on these 

 subjects, and their answer, together with the inquiry, 

 will be printed in this department. 



We trust that our readers will take advantage of 

 this offer and feel at liberty to send us data at any time 

 concerning their particular needs. 



It may not be out of place to suggest to 

 Thoughts on those who are preparing the program for 

 Irrigation the next irrigation congress that the dele- 

 Congress, gates will not tolerate packing of commit- 

 tees by members of the Reclamation and 

 other bureaus in Washington. This has occurred dur- 

 ing the past two congresses, namely, that of Boise and 

 Sacramento, and is evidently planned to forestall any 

 critical expression or resolutions which would be of- 

 fered concerning either the Reclamation or Forestry 

 bureaus. 



