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THE IREIGATION AGE. 



The Modern Wagon 



BUILT OF STEEL 



The only equipment that will stand the climate of the 

 irrigated district, is made of steel. You know the reason. 

 Wood dries out, becomes useless, and the machinery 

 falls apart. 



Davenport Roller - Bearing 



Steel Wagons 



are THE wagons for the "Dry Farming" country. Not 

 affected by the climate. Stronger, lighter draft and more 

 durable; outlast several wooden wagons. 



Built of steel I-beams, Channels and Angles, solidly 

 riveted with large steel rivets, put in hot, making the gear 

 parts practically one piece. 



Nothing to Dry Out 



No bolts to become loose and nuts to rattle off on 

 account of parts shrinkingor drying out. The DAVEN- 

 PORT is constructed like the modern steel railroad 

 bridge. Trussed and braced to withstand all strains. Built 

 for the heaviest lifetime service. 



No Tires to Reset 



It makes no difference what the climate is, it does not 

 affect the wheels on the DAVENPORT. They are made 

 with a tension, each spoke carrying its share of the load 

 all the time, whether it is on the top, bottom or side of the 

 wheel. The spoke heads are countersunk in the tire; 

 headed and shouldered in the hubs. The strongest wheels 

 ever put on a wagon. No split felloes or cracked hubs. 

 No repair bills to pay. 



Roller Bearings 



The Roller Bearing 



30% to 50% Lighter Draft 



Itil * fact, that if it were not for the ROLLER BEARINGS, 

 the automobile of today would be impossible. You know that 

 ROLLER BEARINGS reduce the draft on machinery of all kinds. 

 Here is your chance to get these advantages on 



FA KM WA GONS TEA MING GEA RS 



MOUNTAIN WAGONS LUMBER GEARS 



TURN-UNDER WAGONS 



Write NOW for all the information. Improve your farm by 

 being able to do more work with the same horses and help. 

 BE SURE and ask for PACKAGE NO. 45. 



Davenport, 

 Iowa. 



Davenport Wagon Company, 



WATER SUPPLY OF THE GREAT BASIN. 



The Geological Survey's census of the water resources 

 of the United States is contained in a series of its reports 

 called "water-supply papers,' 1 the latest issue of which, No. 270, 

 is devoted to the waters of the Great Basin, comprising west- 

 ern Utah, nearly all of Nevada, and parts of Idaho, Oregon, 

 and California. The report describes the general features 

 of the basin and gives the discharge of the most important 

 streams of the region as shown by measurements made at 

 numerous stations during the year 1909. 



In this arid region water is precious and is applied 

 mainly to irrigation. The Truckee-Carson and Strawberry 

 Valley projects of the United States Reclamation Service and 

 a. number of -private projects are designed to utilize the 

 waters of some of the streams measured. Three of the 

 streams City, Parleys, and Emigration creeks furnish most 

 of Salt Lake City's water supply. 



The flow of some of the streams has been used to gene- 

 rate electric power, and there are many unutilized sites for 

 good power plants. The report notes that more than 100,- 

 000 horse power is available without storage in Owens river 

 basin alone. Three power plants installed on Truckee river 

 generate about 2,500 horse power each. 



The report was prepared by E. C. La Rue and F. F. 

 Henshaw, and can be obtained free by applying to the Di- 

 restor of the United States Geological Survey, Washington, 

 D. C. 



The Texas Legislature passed, under suspension of the 

 rules, recently, the Kilpatrick bill, which is intended to 

 bring the reclamation of waste lands in Ohio county to 

 agriculture. 



A New York dispatch says: "It is learned definitely 

 that recently the Canadian Pacific Railway Company 

 bought from the Hudson Bay Company about 100,000 

 acres of land adjoining the section of the land already 

 owned by the Canadian Pacific, which it is putting under 

 irrigation as rapidly as possible. It is understood that the 

 price paid was about $1,380,000. It is expected that this 

 land will be ready to be put on the market next year." 



For the purpose of reclaiming a large portion of the 

 2,500,000 acres of surveyed government land open to 

 settlement in White Pine county, Nev., a corporation 

 known as the Western Land & Irrigation syndicate has 

 been formed. 



Thirty million acres of land, enough to provide homes 

 for 2,000,000 families, are yet to be irrigated in the west. 

 The cost of putting the project through would be, ap- 

 proximately, five times as great as is the cost of con- 

 structing the Panama Canal. 



DESIRABLE LAND FOR SALE I NMONTANA. 



640 Acres Three miles east of Canyon Ferry on the 

 extreme lower end of the Missouri valley and Broadwater 

 county, 8 miles north and east of Winston and 15 miles 

 due east of Helena. This tract is 98 per cent tillable, and 

 in what is known to be one of the very finest Dry Farming 

 districts in the state. Last year an adjoining ranch made 

 .'15 bushels of wheat to the acre. This would make an ex- 

 ceptionally fine wheat ranch, and which is a bargain at the 

 price of $20.00 per acre, one-half cash, and the balance in 

 five equal annual payments, with interest at the rate of 6 

 per cent. 



320 Acres Six miles south and east of the above de- 

 scribed tract which is 8 miles due east of Winston. This 

 small ranch is located in the heart of one of the finest 

 Fruit Districts in our state. A few miles north is an 

 orchard of 15 acres which bears large crops of apples 

 annually, the apples being unusually large and of an ex- 

 ceptionally fine flavor and color. There are other small 

 orchards south and west. Lying close as it does to the 

 mountain would make an excellent ranch for Live Stock. 

 This tract is 90 per cent tillable. Domestic water could 

 be had the year round. The price is $22.50 per acre, one- 

 half cash, and the balance in 5 equal annual payments at 

 the rate of 6 per cent interest. 



Address all inquiries to W. E. Crowley, care Irriga- 

 tion Age, Chicago. 



When writing to advertisers please mention The Irrigation Age. 



