THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXIII 



CHICAGO, JUNE, 1908. 



NO. 8 



THE IRRIGATION AGE 



With which is Merged 



MODERN IRRIGATION THE DRAINAGE JOURNAL 



THE IRRIGATION ERA MID-WEST 



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

 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. 



Van Dyke, 

 "The Art of 

 Irrigation." 



The series of articles by Van Dyke which 

 begin with this our June issue will be 

 found to be the most comprehensive and 

 instructive irrigation literature ever put 

 in type. We feel highly pleased to have 

 secured the co-operation of so able a man as Mr. Van 

 Dyke in our effort to teach the public the details of 

 irrigation farming. 



Mr. Van Dyke informs us that this matter will be 

 quite different from, anything that has appeared in THE 

 AGE before, and he states further that up to seven 

 years ago his experience was confined to the semi-arid 

 lands, and that contact with the real article of desert 

 irrigation has since taught him that a great deal more 

 of detail and explanation is necessary to be of value 

 to the settler, and that his information will be equally 

 interesting to those who are farming where there is con- 

 siderable rainfall. 



Mr. Van Dyke prepared an article along irrigation 

 lines which appeared in THE IRRIGATION AGE some 

 eight or ten years ago, but the whole matter has been 

 entirely brought up to date and deals more clearly and 

 emphatically with the difficulties which are to be en- 

 countered in irrigation farming than with the possible 

 success which may be obtained. 



We would suggest to our readers that they do not 

 miss any of these articles, and that they keep a copy of 

 the paper on file for reference. This work will be 



brought out in book form later, but not until the whole 

 series of some twenty-seven chapters covering that 

 number of months have appeared in the columns of this 

 -journal, hence it will be seen that those who would wait 

 for the matter in complete book form will need pa- 

 tience, and for this reason we advise keeping a file of 

 THE AGE for reference. 



Belle 



Fourche 



Project. 



A representative of THE IRRIGATION AGE 

 will leave early in June to study condi- 

 tions at some of the Government Keclama- 

 tion projects. His first stop will probably 

 be at Belle Fourche, South Dakota. It is 

 our intention now to have an article of some seven or 

 eight pages prepared, descriptive of this project. This 

 article will be finely illustrated and will give full in- 

 formation as to the work as carried on under govern- 

 ment control, with the possibilities for home building 

 on the land served by this canal. 



All 'reports concerning this particular locality so 

 far are favorable, and we are receiving many inquiries 

 asking for detailed information from prospective set- 

 tlers. This has led us to put a representative in the 

 field so .that all these inquiries may be answered in- 

 telligently. 



The Belle Fourche article will appear in our July 

 number, which will appear about June 30. Those wish- 

 ing extra copies of this number will kindly notify us 

 in advance so as to insure their delivery. 



