THE 



VOL. xxvi 





REGISTERED U.S. PATENT OFFICE 



I CHICAGO, FEBRUARY. 191UI 



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Irrigation Ditches Along a_ 



Hilt 



Ditch Being Dug with Sloping Banks An Austin Drainage Excavator Ditch, 

 showing variations in width made by same machine 



Are a Combination of up-hill 



cutting and down-hill 



embankment 



The AUSTIN SIDE HILL DITCHER 



is the only machine that constructs 

 such ditches, cutting and embankment 

 complete, in one operation. It is one 

 of the AUSTIN SERIES of special 

 machines for drainage and irrigation 

 earthwork. Its principle of operation is 

 exactly the same as that of the AUSTIN 

 DRAINAGE EXCAVATOR, and so 

 perfect is the work of either of these 

 machines that the concrete or other 

 ditch lining can be placed directly on 

 the sides and bottoms as excavated 

 no smoothing, no trimming, no forms 

 required. 



We manufacture by far the largest 

 line of drainage and Irrigation ' 

 machinery tn the world. 



Send for Catalogue "S" 



F.C.AUSTIN DRAINAGE EXCAVATOR CO. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 



Agents Wanted in Unoccupied Territory. We Sell Outright or Lease. 



Morris Machine Works 



Baldwinsville, N. Y. 



Centrifugal Pumping Machinery, 

 designed for any irrigating propo- 

 sition. Send details or specifica- 

 tions of what is wanted and we 

 will recommend a pumping outfit 

 to mpply the need. 



New York Office 

 39-41 Cortlandt Street 



Houston Office 

 Cor. Wood & Willow Sts.. Texas 



Henion & Huhbell. Agents. 



223-231 N. Jefferson St.. Chicago. 



Harron. Rickard & McComh. 



Agents 



21 Fremont St., S. Francisco, Cal. 



H. A. Paine. Agent. 



IHouston, Texas. 



ANDERSON, Publisher 



CHICAGO, ILLINOIS J 



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