THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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IRRIGATION CENSUS. 



The United States Government is making an irrigation 

 census. The work of the investigators will be to visit 

 every irrigation project of whatever kind, whether pump- 

 ing from underground flow, utilizing the snows of the 

 mountains, or storing the floods of the spring time, secur- 

 ing information about the time and cost of its installation, 

 expense of maintenance, amount of water distributed, lands 

 irrigated and products grown thereon. 



BOLL WEEVIL PEST. 



Alabama cotton raisers are face to face with the boll 

 weevil pest. Mississippi already is suffering some damage. 

 The insects travel faster along the southern end of the 

 cotton belt than further north. The movement northward 

 is more gradual, but not less certain. Irrigation or some 

 similar plan to force the crop in rapid growth and early 

 maturity may yet prove the best method of getting ahead 

 of the bugs. 



Practical and Scientific Farmer Trained Farmer 

 and Manager desires to become associated with a land 

 owner as manager. Born and trained on a large Kansas 

 stock and fruit ranch. Agricultural college course at 

 Kansas State Agricultural College and Mechanical En- 

 gineering course at Cornell University. Trained in 

 fruit growing and general farming on an extensive 

 scale. Expert with farm tractors and all classes of 

 labor saving machinery. Recently on the Pacific 

 Coast in charge of irrigation development. Fair salary 

 desired, but desires to draw only living expenses, 

 leaving the balance for an Interest in the business. 

 Prefer South or West, Can "make good " in a place 

 of large responsibilities and opportunities. Address, 

 Olander, care Irrigation Age, 3O No, Dearborn Street, 

 Chicago. 



Woorlc practically destroy the flow of water in irrigation canals, 

 " ""U* rivers, etc., at many places, and prevent them from yield- 

 ing fullest capacity;* besides being a nuisance in reservoirs, lakes, etc. 



THE SUBMARINE WEED CUTTING SAW 



does away with insufficient and laborsome methods of clearing. It is 

 easily operated from the banks, or, on large lakes just as well from boats, 

 and cuts the 



the 



Em- 



weeds at 

 ROOTS. 



Eloyed by dif- 

 ;rent Dept s 

 of the U. S. 

 Gov't, several 

 States and many 

 cities, and highly 

 recommended by 

 water users here 

 and abroad. 



Write for illus- 

 trated circular and 

 references. 



Weeds Cut and Floating Down Stream 



ASCHERT BROS., Cedar Lake, West Bend, Wis. 



Your I>itolre>s 



RIFE 

 RAMS 



Get all the water you want for irri- 

 gation. Costs little to install noth- 

 ing to operate. Raises water 30 

 feet for every foot of fall. Will 

 supply pneumatic tanks against 60 

 Ibs. pressure. Pumps automatically 

 winter and summer. Fully guaran- 

 teed. If there is a stream, pond or 

 spring within a mile, write for plans, 

 book and trial offer, FREE. 



Rife l^ngine c - 



2511 Trinity Bldtf., New York 



Pump Wate r 

 Automatically 

 Day or 



Night 



IT JUST EATS UP FARM WORK 



DR eight years farmers in irrigation districts 

 and on semi-arid tracts have demonstrated that 

 Hart-Parr Gas Tractors have tremendous capacity 

 for eating up work. Never tired never satisfied 

 night or day always ready at a moment's notice 

 it's remarkable howmany 

 miles of work a Modern 

 Farm Horse can get 

 behind it in a day. 



In Dry Farming. 

 Nowhere is the value of 

 aHart-Parr moreevident 

 than in rush work after 

 a rain. It will plow or 

 disc, harrow, and haul 

 the sub-surface packer 

 in one trip. 15 to 25 

 acres of ideal seed bed can 

 be prepared in a day ac- 

 cording to the size of en- 

 gine. The "dry farmer" 



must make a dust mulch and keep the precious water in 

 the subsoil. Quick action adds to the profits. Often 



one or two day's delay makes a whole season's loss. 

 The Irrigation Farmer can't afford to buy and 



feed 20 to 30 horses or employ a steam rig. Horse 



feed, water and fuel are too scarce too costly. 

 Kerosene is easily obtained cheap too. The most 

 economical method is to own a Modern Farm Horse 

 either 30 H. P. or 45 H. P., and have power in 

 plenty when and where you want it. You then 



can be independent. 



Uses. -Plow; disc; drill; 

 harvest; thresh; haul coal, 

 grain, stone, merchandise of 

 all kinds; bale hay; run ir- 

 rigating pumps; grind feed; 

 haul graders for ditching^ 

 railroad and highway work. 

 In short, have "on tap" at 

 any minute a tractive pow- 

 er equal to 15 or 25 horses, 

 or a pulley effort of 30 or 45 

 H. P., according to the size 

 you buy. 



A New Book. Just off 

 press. Subject: "Plowing 

 and Tilling with a Modern 

 Farm Hore." Gives prices 



and comparative working costs of horses, steamers and 

 tractors. Also shows how to make home-made engine 

 hitches for drills and harrows. Send for it. Catalog free. 



$2250 f.o.b. Factory 

 45 h.p. Hart-Parr Tractor 



Hart-Parr Co., 240 Lawler St., Charles City, la. 



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