THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



959 



VIEW TAKEN DURING AGRICULTURAL MOTOR 

 COMPETITION AT WINNIPEG. 



Here is an interesting snapshot taken at the Agricul- 

 tural Motor Competition at Winnipeg. It shows the gold 

 medal winner, the Big Four "30," pulling seven 14-inch 

 breaker bottoms in very tough gumbo ground, the engine 

 running alone, with engineer and judges walking behind 

 and others following in an automobile. In the breaking 

 contest the gold medal winner broke twelve and one-half 

 acres four inches deep, on two and one-quarter gallons of 

 gasoline per acre, in a six-hour nonstop run. The aver- 



This year's Agricultural Motor Competition is being 

 looked forward to with a great deal of interest by farmers, 

 engine owners and others interested in farm tractors. As 

 the only contest of its kind held in the world, its tests are 

 regarded with great interest, and honors won are highly 

 regarded by manufacturers of both steam and internal- 

 combustion tractors. 



PAYMENTS ON IRRIGATION HOMESTEADS. 



The Reclamaton Service requires one-tenth cash pay- 

 ment on irrigated homesteads at the time of filing, and one- 

 tenth each year until the full payment is made. They also 

 require one year's maintenance fee to be paid 

 in advance. Where the water right is $46 per 

 acre it requires a considerable sum of money 

 to file upon 80 acres, and a man must have quite 

 a little money before he can undertake to go 

 through with an 80-acre homestead. A bill is 

 now before Congress providing in the future 

 only $1 per acre shall be required at the time 

 of filing, $1 per acre the next year, $2 per acre 

 the third, fourth and fifth years, $3 per acre 

 the sixth, seventh and eighth years, and $5 per 

 acre each year thereafter until the full amount 

 is paid. 



age drawbar pull was 7,000 pounds and more than once 

 10,000 pounds was registered. In the belt brake test, the 

 Big Four "30" delivered 48 horse power for two hours, 

 using only .956 pints of gasoline per horse power hour. 

 In the half-hour maxims belt brake test, the engine de- 

 veloped 57 horse power. Neither in the brake test nor 

 the breaking demonstration was the engine charged with 

 using one drop of water. 



The United States Reclamation Service has 

 begun a series of important experiments on the 

 povernment irrigation project at Carlsbad, New 

 Mexico, with the use of crude oil as a cement for irri- 

 gation canals instead of the expensive concrete now in gen- 

 eral use throughout the West. The oil used is of the heaviest 

 grade that can be purchased and it is smeared thickly over 

 the bottom and sides of the canals. It is believed that it 

 will effectively prevent seepage, and if so, will result in an 

 enormous saving in cost of irrigation construction all over 

 the West. 



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