THE IEKIGATION AGE. 



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POSSIBILITIES OF COLORADO RIVER. 



Though Supervising Engineer L. C. Hill of the service 

 has never posed as an author he has in mind the prepara- 

 tion of a volume at an early day, for which there will un- 

 doubtedly be a great demand, at least in official quarters, 

 and among all who are interested in keeping apace with 

 the industrial development of the country. Mr. Hill's 

 project is not in pursuance of literary fame for his book 

 will probably be an official document with the United 

 States as his publishing agent. The subject of it will be 

 the irrigation and power possibilities of the Colorado 

 River, though that may not be the wording of its title. 

 The size of the volume cannot now be stated, but naturally 

 it will be no mere leaflet for the subject it to big to deal 

 with in a brief paper. 



The preparation of such a volume has never until 

 recently been possible, on lines as comprehensive as he 

 desires to write, but he things that there is at present 

 available an ample number of maps, rainfall and run-off 

 reports from the Coolraao watershed, reports from gag- 

 ing stations, surveys and other data, to deal with the sub- 

 ject quite thoroughly and he will begin the assembling of 

 data at once, expecting to undertake the work as soon 

 as "he returns from his present trip around the circle, visit- 

 ing the projects under his direction and conferring with 

 the supervising engineers and the Secretary of the In- 

 terior. 



Speaking approximately and without data Mr. Hill 

 says the Colorado River, properly utilized, will furnish 

 water for about 2,000,000 acres of land, below the Grand 

 Canyon of the Colorado, to say nothing of smaller tracts 

 that may be watered in the mountain regions above the 

 canyon. Of this about a half million acres lie in Mexico, 

 but from an industrial viewpoint this country is but slight- 

 ly less interested in the watering of that area than the 

 areas available in this country, for the reason that the 

 Mexican lands are tributary to American towns and com- 

 mercial centers. They are situated south of Yuma and the 

 Imperial country and while the development will be on 

 Mexican soil, the outlet will in large measure be through 

 American towns and over American highways. 



Before the river can be utilized fully it will require a 

 treaty with Mexico under which the two governments 

 can operate to define the rights of both and to insure the 

 payment by Mexico, of her portion of the expense of re- 

 clamation. Such a volume as Mr. Hill proposes to write 

 will be authoritative, covering the official studies of the 

 river to date and will of course be carefully studied by 

 the two governments in connection with matters that are 

 sure to arise in the future, whether immediately or a 

 little later. 



A FREE COURSE IN AGRICULTURE. 



In order to encourage the study of advanced dairy 

 methods the Missouri State Board of Agriculture offers a 

 scholarship of $100 for the purpose of paying the expenses 

 of a young man interested in dairying, during the short 

 winter course in agriculture at Columbia, which begins 

 November 1, 1911. 



The scholarship is to be awarded to the winner of a 

 contest in which those who enter will be required to keep 

 a complete record of the amount of milk and butter fat 

 produced by three or more dairy cows during the month 

 of September. In determining the winner, the record 

 made by the cows, together with the completeness of the 

 report, is to count one-half. The other half is to be 

 based upon the accuracy of an essay, telling how the cows 

 were fed and cared for during the test and how the con- 

 testant would proceed to select cows for dairy purposes. 



The contest is open to all boys in Missouri between 

 the ages of 16 and 20 years who have not already attended 

 an agricultural college. It is hoped that a large number 

 of boys will enter the contest. The lessons learned dur- 

 ing the one month of keeping records of both feed eaten 

 and milk produced will amply pay any boy for his time 

 and effort. 



The records of each cow and the essay must be sub- 

 mitted before October 10, 1911. Blanks for keeping rec- 

 ords, directions for testing and any further information 

 wanted will be furnished by C. H. Eckles, Dairy Depart- 

 ment, Columbia, Missouri. 



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