THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXVII 



CHICAGO, JANUARY, 1912. 



No. 



THE IRRIGATION AGE 



With which is Merged 



MODERN IRRIGATION 

 THE IRRIGATION ERA 

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THE DRAINAGE JOURNAL 



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CONTENTS. There has been a heavy fall of snow all 



Page The through the Rocky Mountains so far 



Editorial Prospects this winter and, judging from previous 



Good experience, the remainder of the winter 



S^S^s^ Ses . . . ... II For 1912. months will add to the store of so.idified 



The New California Irrigation Bond Law 86 water until there is a plenteous supply 



Interstate Water Question Discussed 86 store up in the mountain fastnesses of the Rocky ranges 



Scientific Principles Must be Observed 87 ready to feed the creeks, brooks and rivers as they travel 



Thoughts That Come and Go - 87 Qn the road toward the sea 



It is a beautiful and perfect arrangement whereby the 



Principal Articles and Items Creator has provided for the conservation of the activ- 

 ities of the world, and particularly for those relating to 



Alfalfa Culture in America 88 . , , , ., 



Concrete Cisterns on Top of Ground 94 the growing and harvesting of the various crops which 



Weight and Length of Root System of Plants 95 form a basis for the sustenance of organic life.- The many 



Small Farm Units More Prosperous Than Large uses performed by the solar energy are of the utmost 



Ones 95 importance in fact, indispensable in the economy of 



The V-Shaped Cotton Stalk Cutter 96 



Shows Great Interest in Irrigation 97 natvire. 



Storage for Root Crops 98 The very fact of the bounteous snowfalls referred to 



Nebraska Irrigationists 98 above are the direct results of the energy of the sun, 



The Primer of Hydraulics 99 w h O se rays have lifted the water from the oceans or 



EncTuragfng Irrigation ' .' .' ! .' .' .' '. '. \ ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 1 ! ! ." ! ! '. ! ! .' loo Iakes and carried ^ em " the win ^ s of air < urrent * 



On the Roof of the World 101 the high Sierras, where the water vapors condense and 



Irrigation with Lake Muck.. 103 cover the tops and sides of the mountains with a heavy 



Banker Views Condition in Western States 1(T4 man tle of snow. It is a wonderful process in the econ- 



Reclamation Notes 10 f nature to have the heat o{ the sun draw from the 



Supreme Court Decisions 106 . . . 



The National Drainage Decisions 106 salty ocean virgin pure water m tremendous quantities 



Useless Land Made Productive 109 and deposit it in altitudes up to 14,000 feet above sea level, 



Correspondence 109 to make it available for the use of living nature on its 



Miscellaneous Notes . ' ' V-' u "? way back to the sea. Thus the young mountain stream 



Mississippi River Changeable Near Gulf 112 . . 



In the Press Now <.. ..114 in the h 'g her altitudes assists the miner in washing gold 



