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THE IEEIGATION AGE. 



MIRACLE COLLAPSIBLE STEEL FORMS. 



We are presenting herewith halftone showing concrete 

 culvert and the two Miracle Collapsible Steel Forms used in 

 making same. 



Miracle Collapsible Steel Forms are built in four standard 



ends overlap, furnishing a tight, smooth joint, and permitting 

 as many to be used in a series as the extent of the project 

 requires. 



The Marsh Company has issued a 128-page booklet dwell- 

 ing on the concrete industry. This booklet has over 500 illus- 

 trations showing various buildings, faces of blocks, machines 





sizes. Diameters, 12 inch, 24 inch, 36 inch, 48 inch. Length, 

 6 feet to 10 feet. Other sizes built upon order. 



One of the main uses for which the collapsible steel forms 

 are designed is for the building of flumes, conduits and con- 

 tinuous pipe lines. These are made in such a way that the 



in operation, etc. It also describes the company's plan depart- 

 ment whereby prospective customers may get modern plans 

 and specifications at a minimum cost 



A copy of this booklet may be secured by addressing 

 Marsh Company, 983 Old Colony building, Chicago. 



$15.50 TRUSTEE'S SALE OF IRRIGATED LANDS $15.50 



Splendid Irrigated Land, $15.50 per acre cash. 

 Water Rights, $17.00 per acre on ten years' ti 

 Lands that will raise 



Government price of water on nearby lands $35.00 per acre. 

 Adjoining lands not so good as our lands are bonded for $26 

 to $32 per acre. 



Water Rights alone are worth much more than we ask for land 

 and water. Old established water system, completed and in opera- 

 tion for. many years. Direct flow from Little Laramie free from 

 tax for all time. 



Part of these lands with a water right have been sold for from 

 $67.50 to $76.00 per acre the choicest lands are yet for sale. 



Below is a copy of the advertisement for these lands which was 

 run in the Chicago Tribune a few months ago, and by which much 

 land was sold for prices ranging from $67.50 to $75.00 per acre. 

 It is cheap even at those figures, but owing to this forced sale it 

 is to be sold for the amount that stands against it. 



200 to 600 bushels of Potatoes per acre. 



70 to 137 bushels of Oats per acre. 



50 to 70 bushels of Wheat per acre. 



60 to 140 bushels of Barley per acre. 



Alfalfa, 4 to 5 tons per acre. 



Hay, 2 to 3 tons per acre. 



Sugar Beets, 20 to 25 tons per acre. 



Field Peas, 4 to 5 tons per acre. 



Onions, 45 tons per acre. 



Turnips, 40 tons per acre. 



Parsnips, 30 tons per acre. 



And as fine a Celery as can be produced anywhere. 



UWN Aw InnluAItU rAnlM ... .- , 



Secretary Wilson of the U. S. Department of Agriculture is au- five years without ever going near them. You can make them pay 

 thority for the statement that Laramie Valley contains "some of for themselves within a couple of years if you farm them yourself. 



Irrigated lands are the best investment in the world today. 

 25 Special 40-Acre Tracts, $65 per acre 

 25 Special 80-Acre Tracts, $75 per acre 

 50 Special 80-Acre Tracts, $80 per acre 

 Terms 1-S down, balance 1, 2 and 3 years, 6% interest. 

 These tracts are ready for raising oats, wheat, barley, potatoes, 

 sugar beets, peas, turnips, tomatoes, cabbage, celery and canta- 

 loupes. Wyoming produces a greater yield per acre of potatoes 

 tax. Water rights alone in same places, on land producing the 

 crops this land will produce, are valued at (500 per acre. 



Irrigated farms in the Laramie Valley produce enormous crops. 

 Potatoes, 200 to 600 bushels per acre; oats, 70 to 137; wheat, 60 to 

 70; barley, 60 to 140; alfalfa, 4 to 5 tons; hay, 2 to 3 tons; sugar 

 beets, 20 to 25 tons; field peas, 4 to o tons; onions, 45 tons; 

 turnips, 40 tons; parsnips, 30 tons. 



the best land on the face of the earth." 



We offer for sale in 40, 80, and 160 acre tracts some of the best 

 land in the Laramie Valley, Wyoming. It lies in the wonderfully 

 rich river bottom, is under irrigation; is from 1 to 5 miles from 

 the railroad station; only twelve to seventeen miles from Laramie, 

 a city of 10,000 population, the location of the Wyoming State 

 University, and the Agricultural Experiment Station; and carries 

 with it perpetual and inherent water rights, so there is no water 

 Watet 



. 



Sixty miles south in the Fort Collins (Colo.) district irrigated 

 lands are selling for $200 to $300 an acre, and our lands will rapidly 

 increase to those prices until they are worth three and four times 

 what you can buy them for now. This is the invariable history of 

 all irrigated lands. Now is the time to buy. You can buy these 

 lands for investment and make them pay for themselves in four or 



than any other state in the Union, not even excepting the famous 

 Greelcy (Colo.) district, which is only some sixty miles distant. 

 Forty acres adjoining this property have made the phenomenal yield 

 of 138 bushels of oats to the acre, weighing 47 pounds to the bushel. 

 Any farmer can make these tracts pay for themselves twice over 

 in potatoes the first year. 



Whether as an investment or as a home, you cannot buy better 

 lands anywhere in the United States. Free excursions to buyers. 

 Applications for allotments of these tracts will be recorded in the 

 order of their receipt. 



There are only 100 of these tracts, hence you will have to act 

 quickly. Get your application on file today." 



NOTE OUR PRICE AND TERMS 



Some of the land is in cultivation, and much of it is in hay, 



Land $15.50 per acre cash. 



Water Rights $17.00 per acre, payable in ten equal annual pay- producing a good revenu'e. 

 ments, with interest at 6% per annum; 5% discount for cash. Title and Water Rights^guaranteed. 



Adjoining lands not so good as ours are bonded for $25, and 

 much of it as high as $32 per acre. 



These lands will be sold in 40, 80 or 160 acre tracts. 



RICHARD A. MORLEY, Trustee, 

 Suite 404 Merchants Loan & Trust Bldg., 

 135 Adams Street, Chicago. 



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