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tingencies, and partly to the necessity of doing more work 

 than was originally contemplated." 



Under existing regulations, the report sets forth, the 

 construction charges must be returned to the reclamation 

 fund in ten equal annual payments. This, it is said, is 

 regarded as a hardship by the settlers on some projects, 

 who express a desire for a series of graduated construction 

 payments, increasing from 1 per cent or 2 per cent the 

 first year to 14 per cent or 15 per cent the tenth year. 

 Should this suggestion be generally adopted, it is pointed 

 out, it would mean a delay of several years in the return 

 of the first half of the investment and a corresponding 

 delay in the completion of other work. 



"On some of the projects in the semi-arid regions," 

 say the engineers, "such a modification in the terms of 

 payment may be necessary to prevent an absolute failure 

 of the project, but the general adoption of a system of 

 graduated payments is not believed to be necessary or 

 advisable." 



SPECIAL MESSAGE ON RECLAMATION. 



President Taft Recommends "Surplus Water" Act and 

 Suggests Change in Water Rights Payments. 



In a special message dealing with reclamation prob- 

 lems, President Taft says: 



"The act of Congress, approved June 17, 1902, set 

 apart as a fund for the reclamation of arid lands the 

 moneys received from the sale of public lands in certain 

 of the states and territories, except the 5 per cent of the 

 proceeds of such sale theretofore set aside by law for 

 educational and other purposes. The receipts into the 

 reclamation fund to June 30, 1909, were $58,439,408.93, and 

 the estimated total receipts to June 30, 1910, are 

 $65,714,179.06. The total amount accumulated in the fund 

 to date is estimated at $69,449,058.76, of which all but 

 $6,241,058.76 has been allotted to the several projects. 



Reclamation Funds Not Sufficient. 



"The additions to the reclamation fund from the sales 

 of public land, while approximating between $6,000,000 

 and $7,000,000 per annum since 1902, were found to be 

 insufficient for the completion of the existing projects 

 with such expedition as the necessities of the settlers and 

 land owners within the project* undertaken seemed to 

 require. 



"I accordingly recommend the issuance of certificates 

 of indebtedness or bonds against the reclamation fund. 

 The act of June 25, 1910, which authorizes -the issuance 

 of not exceeding $20,000,000 of certificates of indebtedness, 

 repayable out of the reclamation fund, made the appro- 

 priation subject to the conditions that it should be ex- 

 pended on existing projects or their necessary extensions, 

 and as no part of the same should be expended until after 

 the projects had been examined and reported upon by a 

 board of army engineers. 



"No new projects have been undertaken since March 

 4, 1909, the efforts of the government having been directed 

 toward the completion of the thirty primary projects 

 .theretofore undertaken. 



"After careful consideration of the report of the board 

 of engineers, I approved the same, believing that it sets 

 forth a plan for the distribution of the loan and of the 

 available reclamation fund that, from any engineering and 

 economic standpoint, will best secure the speedy com- 

 pletion of those particular projects. 



Urges New Legislation. 



"Pursuant to the recommendations of the Secretary 

 of the Interior and of the board of army engineer?, I 

 earnestly recommend the enactment of a law which will 

 permit the disposition of any surplus stored water avail- 

 able from reclamation projects to persons, associations, 

 or corporations operating systems for the delivery of 

 water to individual water users for the irrigation of arid 

 lands, and the enactment of legislation which will give 

 executive authority for the modification of conditions of 

 payment for water rights on certain of the projects where, 

 by reason of local conditions, the return of the cost of the 

 projects to the reclamation fund will not be secured unless 

 settlers are permitted to make payments on terms or con- 

 ditions other than those specified in the public notices 

 heretofore issued." 



MOLINE PLOW COMPANY. 



In another column of this paper will be found the 

 advertisement of the Moline Plow Company. The Flying 

 Dutchman farm tools are used on the model farm of the 

 IRRIGATION AGE at Fountain, Colo. 



THE GOLDEN STREAM. 



A very commendable little booklet of 68 pages, called 

 "The Golden Stream," has been recently issued by the 

 International Harvester Company of America. 



This booklet covers a multitude of vital facts relative 

 to the plain, ordinary, everyday cow in a very interesting 

 manner. Such up-to-date topics as "The Dual Purpose 

 Cow," "Bovine Tuberculosis," "How to Make a Babcock 

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 Silage," and "Advantages of Dairy Farming," etc., etc., 

 are discussed. In general, the purpose of the book is to 

 impress the farmer with the proper relation of the cow 

 to our modern civilization as the source of a golden stream 

 of wealth. 



Numerous illustrations throughout the booklet show- 

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 breeds silos, dairy barns and interiors, etc., greatly en- 

 hance the value of the booklet. It will be greatly appre- 

 ciated, especially by farmers and dairymen. A copy of 

 the booklet may be obtained by writing the company or any 

 one of the various I. H. C. branch houses. 



EASY LIFT PLOWS. 



Every reader of this publication should investigate 

 the merits of the Emerson Easy Lift Plow. It's a plow 

 that's built for our boys on the farm and is one of the 

 greatest improvements ever made in an agricultural im- 

 plement. It is the lightest draft plow made easiest on 

 man and team. The raising levers are controlled by the 

 feet, leaving the hands free to manage the team. These 

 levers are so rigidly constructed and so powerful that a 

 boy can easily force the plow bottom into the hardest 

 ground or lift it out of the toughest sod, even though the 

 team is standing still. With most plows if the bottom 

 is raised you have to swing round and come back in the 

 furrow to avoid leaving a bad spot in the field. The hand 

 levers for regulating depth and leveling are placed on the 

 right hand side on the Emerson. This avoids throwing 

 weight on the land wheel and makes it much easier to 

 operate. There are so many good points on the Emerson 

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 Your boys and your hired men will all be interested in 

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 learn all about the Emerson line. Address Emerson- 

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Send $1.00 for the Irrigation Age 1 year, and 

 paper bound copy of the Primer of Irrigation 



