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It is said that a field which is worked 'by this machine is 

 so uniform in its grade that there is no excess of water on any 

 part of it. As will be seen by the illustration the wide tires 

 on the machine reduces the draft to a minimum and at the 

 same time leaves no depressions and provides means to con- 

 stantly control the depth of cut of blade. 



The Western Leveler is equipped with adjustable axles, 

 both front and rear, which allows the operator to place the 

 frame in any desired position while building laterals 01 

 ditches. 



The blade can be set at a vertical angle of 45 to 60 degrees 

 and will build laterals and borders at a great saving of time, 

 finishing them ready for water without the use of a shovel. 



Alfalfa borders may be constructed of any width and 

 height and the water furrows refilled so that mowers, rakes 



erable body of water flowing a short distance below the 

 surface of the ground. The Garden City project con- 

 sists of a power plant and two or three separate elec- 

 trically driven pumping stations, located along the line 

 of flow of the underground water, to make this water 



Generating room, showing 225-K. W. direct connected, 6,600-volt, 60-cycle, 3-ph 

 steam turbine driven revolting field alternators, each unit having a direct connec 

 exeitei. 



available for irrigation purposes by pumping it to the 

 surface in times of drought. 



The area affected is a strip of land approximately 

 10,000 acres, extending from the Arkansas River 



The Western Irrigation Leveler Building Ditches. 



and wagons will pass over them without severe jarring or 

 jolting usually encountered in fields so constructed. It is 

 said that the borders made with this machine will produce 

 alfalfa equal to any other part of the field. 



This machine is especially recommended to truck growers 

 for making vegetable borders, and it will do this work with 

 one operation without the use of plowing. 



The Western Irrigation Leveler and Ditcher has given 

 excellent satisfaction where used by sugar planters in making 

 cane beds. 



Another excellent feature of the machine is that it may 

 be used very advantageously in the construction of roads. 



For further information concerning this machine, we 

 refer our readers to the Western Wheeled Scraper Company, 

 Aurora, 111. 



PUMPING UNDERFLOW WATER IN THE GARDEN 

 CITY IRRIGATION PROJECT. 



Among the various projects under construction 

 by the United States Reclamation Service is one in 

 the vicinity of Garden City, Kan., known as- the Gar- 

 den City project. The Arkansas River, which flows 

 through this section of the country, is in the wet 

 season a large body of water, while in the dry season 

 its bed is practically dry. There is, however, a consid- 



Electric arxilliaries and connections, showing oil switches, transformers and < 

 nections located in the basement beneath the switchboards. Switches are all ren 

 controlled interlocking oil type, feeding a double set of bushbars. Multiplex lighti 

 arresters are on each incoming line. 



northeast for about 20 miles. During the wet season the 

 water for irrigation purposes is taken from a canal 

 fed by the Arkansas River, known as the Farmer's 

 Ditch. At the junction of the Arkansas River and 

 this ditch are a set of flood gates, arranged so when the 

 water in the river is at a sufficiently high level it 

 flows into the ditch, feeding desired tributaries. When 

 the water in the river falls below the requisite level 

 to feed the ditch the supply is pumped from the under- 

 ground flow into the canal by equipment in the various 

 stations; the flood gates are meanwhile closed. 



