Year 



THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXVII 



CHICAGO, FEBRUARY, 1912. 



No. 4 



THE IRRIGATION AGE 



With which is Merged 



MODERN IRRIGATION THE DRAINAGE JOURNAL 



THE IRRIGATION ERA MID-WEST 



ARID AMERICA THE FARM HERALD 



D. H. ANDERSON 



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CONTENTS. This issue contains a summary by Sam- 

 Editorial Page Irrigation ue \ Fortier, Chief of Irrigation Investi- 



Irrigation Problems of the United States 125 p ro blems gations of the Department of Agriculture 



^^^n^^^^forS^" .- m of the of the present status of the irrigation 



New Ohio Spraying Law 127 United States development in the United States and 



Prison Manufacturing Proves Unsatisfactory 127 a forecast of the future. 



Irrigation Companies Must File Tariffs 127 There is no doubt that this is a very important and 



Thoughts That Come and Go 128 interesting subject for our read ers and we will briefly 



Principal Articles and Items comment upon it editorially. 



The Present Stage of Irrigation Development and The increase in population west of the Missouri is 



a Forecast of the Future 128 one of the most encouraging factors, being 42 per cent 



On the Roof of the World 131 during the past ten years, while it was only 17 per cent 



SS lime dS a n C d n Sest: '. \ III ^ of the *is.ou ri ^ ^ e **. 



The Originator of the Federation of Tree Growing The total amount of money invested in irrigation is 



Clubs of America 136 stated to be about 600 millions of dollars or about $42 



Preparation of the Field for Irrigation 136 per acre, which is altogether a reasonable amount since 



Soil Survey Work ....... 137 the value of the land prior to irrigation is mostly a small 



Summary Report of the Farmers Institute Work 137 



Drainage Propositions Investigated 137 'tern. 



The Procession of the Ages 138 Mr. Fortier further states that of the 14,000,000 acres 



The Auto^Wagon as an Aid to the Fruit Grower.. .. 139 under irrigation in this country over 6,000,000 have been 



California's Irrigation Statistics 139 thus i mprO ved by individuals, either settlers or owners, 



Points of Interest from Wyoming 140 ... , , . . . 



Protection of Water Supply of Towns and Cities. . . 140 who have taken the plck and shovel and placed the irrl ' 



The Primer of Hydraulics 141 gation ditches without outside help. This will no doubt 



Kansas Irrigation Statistics 142 be news to many of our readers as the general idea 



American Dairy Institute. 142 seems to be that irrigation is dependent upon big cor- 



An Interesting Table 143 . 



Reclamation Notes 144 porations or the government in order to be successful. 



Supreme Court Decisions 147 Co-operative companies of farmers and settlers have 



Correspondence 149 placed water on y 2 millions of acres, while commercial 



Proposes New Laws for Irrigation Districts 150 age ncies have improved only 1^ millions of acres and 



Irrigation Statistics of South Dakota 153 u T. i * e c \i. t u i 



Miscellaneous Land Decisions 155 the Reclamation Service of the government has placed 



Notes of Interest 157 water on less than a half a million of acres. 



