THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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of its use for canal lining in California known by the 

 writer, is at Lemoore, in Kings county, on the Madison 

 branch of the Lemoore Canal & Irrigation Company. 



In this locality the canals are shallow, the velocity 

 of water is small,, and the growth of weeds and aquatic 

 plants in the canals is abundant. (Pigs. 9 and 10.) A 

 large resistance is offered to the flow of water, which 

 makes it of small carrying capacity, and a large loss due 

 to seepage and evaporation. It is necessary for the irri- 

 gator to clean these frequently, sometimes as often as 

 once every two weeks. The labor and cost are consid- 

 erable. 



Mr. McLaughlin, secretary of the Lemoore Irriga- 

 tion Company, tried as an experiment the use of heavy 

 road oil to prevent the growth of vegetation. The oil 

 was applied in November, 1905, on a length of 1% miles 

 of the main canal. The canal is about 20 feet wide and 

 about 1 foot in depth. (Fig. 11.) 



PINCHOT AGAIN. 



The illegality of charging grazing fees on forest 

 reserve is being threshed out in Washington by our con- 

 gressman-at-large, George W. Cook, who is reaching 

 up for Pinchot in a way that is likely to put that man 

 over the ropes. General Cook proposes to bring Pinchot 

 before the committee on agriculture for cross-examina- 

 tion. He will ask by what authority the bureau of for- 

 estry has been collecting a grazing fee for use of land 

 belonging to the people, by what right a fee is collected 

 for the cutting of timber from the miner, the stock- 

 man, the millman and the farmer, when no authority 

 is vested in the forestry bureau, except an opinion of 

 the attorney general. Pinchot has been promising to 

 make a test case in the courts regarding the validity of 

 these fees, but as yet nothing has been done, for he is 

 evidently afraid to tackle the question in a court of 



Fig. 11. Canal near Lemoore lined with oil. 



WHAT MAY BE DONE BY PUMPING PLANT. 



The Olds Gas Power Company, Lansing, Installs Plant 

 in Colorado. 



A plant was recently installed by the Olds Gas 

 Power Company for Dr. W. E. Fenton, Eockyford, 

 Colorado, consisting of two 35 h.p. Olds gas engines 

 with Olds suction gas producer, and belted through 

 counter-shaft to a No. 12 centrifugal pump. The pump 

 discharges an average amount of 4,000 gallons per min- 

 ute on three different lifts. The total heads on the 

 three lifts are 16 feet, 22 feet and 35 feet. The amount 

 of coal used in twenty-four hours, averaging through a 

 ninety-day run during the irrigating season, was 1,800 

 pounds. Coal used, Colorado pea anthracite, costing 

 $6 per ton. The amount of land irrigated in the season 

 of 1907 was 1,850 acres, and the crops were divided as 

 follows : 



Acreage. Price rec'd. Yield. 



Wheat 400 acres 95c per bu. . 12 tons per acre. 



Alfalfa 300 acres $8 per ton. . 20 bu. per acre. 



Cantaloupes 450 acres. 90c per crate. 3 tons per acre. 

 Beets 600 acres $5 per ton. . 110 cr. per acre. 



Originally the land cost from $1.25 to $5 per acre; 

 same land is selling now for from $65 to $125 per acre. 



Total cost of installation of plant with ditches, 

 $6,500. 



equity. Meanwhile he is inducing cattlemen to build 

 so-called drift fences in order to cop out his own do- 

 main and keep off the cattle of those men who do not 

 propose to pay the tax. The whole question is a consti- 

 tutional one and we are trying to find out if some bu- 

 reaucrat in Washington can usurp the business of con- 

 gress in authorizing taxation. Denver Field and Farm. 



IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE. 



IRRIGATION AGE, 



114 Dearborn street, 



Chicago, 111. 



Gentlemen: We received a letter dated January 28, 1908, 

 from Mr. J. Espinasse, A. M. I. C. G., from Cape Town, 

 Africa, stating that he saw our advertisement in your journal 

 relative to a booklet which we publish entitled, "The Uses of 

 Press Gippings," and requesting further information regard- 

 ing our business. We are writing you this in order to show 

 the lasting benefit of judicious advertising in journals that 

 have a wide-spread circulation. The fact is more remarkable 

 as we have not had an advertisement of that character in 

 your publication for over three years. 



Wishing you every success,"Sve remain, 

 Very truly yours, 



F. T. VON ALBADE, 

 President The Consolidated Press Clipping Co. 



