THE IEEIGATION AGE. 



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IRRIGATION NEAR FALLON, NEVADA. 



General conditions on the Nevada project are more 

 satisfactory today than ever before. The settlers, who com- 

 prise an unusually intelligent class of farmers from all 

 over the United States, have bravely met and overcome most 

 of the difficulties encountered in a new and arid country and 

 many which were peculiar to that region only. The dis- 

 couragements of the first few years are being forgotten in 

 the abundant returns which are now rewarding their efforts. 

 The past two years have demonstrated beyond question the 

 agricultural value of the land, and the crops grown on 

 32,000 acres last year furnished convincing evidence of the 

 fertility of the soil. The main crops were alfalfa and 

 grain ; the former yielding frequently as high as six tons 

 to the acre in three cuttings. 



One of the serious problems on this project which was 

 early foreseen by the engineers is that of drainage. Drain- 

 age ditches parallel the irrigation canals on many parts of the 

 project. With the application of large quantities of water 



to the land and the rise of ground waters resulting there- 

 from, these ditches must be deepened and extended. The 

 board advises that it may be necessary in the future to in- 

 stall a number of wells from which water will be pumped 

 for the double purpose of lowering the ground water and 

 increasing the supply for irrigation. 



As the irrigation canals are only used in a few instances 

 during the winter, they act as drainage canals during the 

 winter months, thus lowering the stage of the ground water. 

 The enforcement of a more economical use of water will 

 also serve to correct the drainage evil. The engineers are 

 considering the feasibility of installing a hydro-electric power 

 plant at Lahontan Dam for supplying water to certain vested 

 rights, to provide power and light and an adequate water 

 supply for the growing city of Fallon. As the Truckee 

 River General Electric Company has withdrawn from the 

 negotiation for control of Lake Tahoe, it is expected that 

 condemnation proceedings will be pressed in the near future, 

 in order to insure the project, against a shortage of water dur- 

 ing the next three years. 



NEW AMERICAN 

 TURBINES 



are installed in many of the best equipped 

 plants, because of their simplicity of design 

 and substantial construction. 



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Dayton, Ohio 



IT JUST EATS UP FARM WORK 



T7OR 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 

 acresof 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 whoie 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 Horse." 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. 



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



$2250f.o.b. Factory 

 45 b. p. Hart-Parr Tractor 



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