THE IKEIGATION AGE. 



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THE "ASPINWALL" DOUBLE CYLINDER 

 SPRAYER. 



In no country do the growers suffer such losses from 

 the "various insects and different forms of blight as in 

 America. This without doubt is due to the fact that our 



Aspinwall Double Cylinder Sprayer with 20-ft. Boom Arranged for Spraying Five Rows of Tomatoes. 



farmers operate on so much larger scale that they didn't 

 realize, when these pests first became apparent, the damages 

 that would result; hence, did not begin a systematic fight 

 against them until the evil had obtained a strong footing. 



But the time has now come when every farmer is alive 

 to the situation. 



The farmer has free access to the vast 

 knowledge gained by the Experiment Stations 

 connected with our agricultural colleges, in 

 their close and thorough study of this great 

 subject. 



There must, however, be a machine for 

 handling all these preparations, and they must 

 be adaptable to the various crops. A few years 

 ago an all-purpose sprayer seemed an impos- 

 sibility, but today if care is taken in selecting 

 your first machine you can add attachments 

 for nearly every phase of the work. 



For three seasons the Aspinwall Manu- 

 facturing Company, Jackson, Mich., have put 

 out a Double Cylinder High Pressure Sprayer. 

 Last season they furnished Orchard and 

 Broadcast Attachments which could be used 

 in connection with this machine, and the pres- 

 ent season are putting out five additional at- 

 atchments. By placing the hose bars ver- 

 tically instead of horizontally a very effective 

 Vineyard Sprayer is produced, which can be 

 used advantageously wherever the width of 

 rows will permit of driving between. They 

 also have Low-Down Attachment for spraying 

 potatoes and such crops from underneath. 

 By the addition of a twenty-foot boom at the rear of the 

 Sprayer, adjustments may be made whereby three rows 

 of cucumbers can be sprayed, four rows of tomatoes, five 

 feet apart, or five rows four feet apart, also five rows of 

 potatoes. 



Sprayer with the Broadcast Attachment. Cut No. 2 shows 

 the same arranged vertically for spraying vineyards, and 

 cut No. 3 shows the 20-foot boom arangement for spraying 

 five rows of tomatoes. 



This company has just issued a special sprayer circular, 

 illustrating and describing these various attachments, which 

 can be had by addressing them at 

 their home office, Jackson, Mich. 



LEGISLATION IN WASHING- 

 TON. 



After hearing protests by Lauch- 

 lin MacLean, president of the Spo- 

 kane Canal Company, A. J. Shaw, 

 representing the Spokane Land and 

 Water Company, and O. L. Olson, 

 representing the Arcadia Irrigation 

 Company, the irrigation code draft- 

 ed by Governor Hay's commission 

 was withdrawn from the commit- 

 tee of the legislature of Washing- 

 ton. Mr. Olson said that the irri- 



gationists were not consulted by members of the com- 

 mission, adding that none of the men appointed by Gov- 

 ernor Hay is cognizant of the real conditions. 



The Secretary of the Interior has awarded contract 

 to Mr. Nelson Rich of Prosser, for the construction of 

 about 73 miles of laterals in connection with the Tieton 



Aspinwall Double Cylinder High Pressure Sprayer with Broadcast Attachment. 



Aspinwall Double Cylinder Sprayer with Hose Bars Arranged Vertically for Spraying 



Vineyards. 



The three cuts illustrate the various attachments. Cut 

 No. 1 shows the "Aspinwall' Double Cylinder High Pressure 



unit of the Yakima irrigation project. 



Nelson Rich of Prosser has the contract for the con- 

 struction of about 40 miles of laterals in connection with 

 the Tieton unit of the Yakima irrigation project. The 

 work involves the excavation of about 230,000 cubic yards 

 of material. The contract price is $116.070. 



Methow Valley Irrigation Company, incor- 

 porated under the laws of the state of Wash- 

 ington with a stated capitalization of $1,500,- 

 000 and John W. Ellingsworth of Pateros, 

 Wash., president, and Charles T. Borg, secre- 

 tary, will begin work in April on a project to 

 supply water from the Methow river to sev- 

 eral thousand acres of land in Okanogan and 

 Chelan counties, in north central Washington. 

 The company holds options, expiring in April, 

 on seven large tracts of land on Pateros, Tup- 

 per, Brewster, Antoine and Howard flats. 



Right of way has been granted for the con- 

 struction of a canal through the Yakima In- 

 dian reservation for the Klickitat Irrigation 

 and Power Company's project in the Horse 

 Heaven country in south central Washington, 

 where it is planned to water 300,000 acres of 

 land at a cost of not more than $60 an acre 

 to the owners. L. M. Rice is chief engineer 

 and manager of the project. Water will be 

 taken from the Klickitat river, where a minimum dis- 

 charge of 1,000 feet a second is available. 



