THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXV II 



CHICAGO, JUNE, 1912. 



No. 8 



THE IRRIGATION AGE 



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MODERN IRRIGATION 

 THE IRRIGATION ERA 

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CONTENTS. The note of warning sounded by THE 



Editorial Helping IRRIGATION AGE, in its April issue, calling 



Hol P ^R h eguhTt: St Trust S s ettler : ::::::: : III *. attention to the danger threatening the 



Co-operation Practical in Farming 286 Western United States by the heavy immigration 



Study Foreign Irrigation Methods 287 Settler to Northwestern Canada, has helped to 



Experiment Station Work Necessary 287 arouse considerable agitation and some 



Thoughts That Come and Go 287 definjte work hag been gtarted to counteract the same . 



Principal Articles and Items ..._.. , . , . ,. 



To Help in Colonizing the West 288 At a recent meeting in Chicago this subject was dis- 



Important Changes in Regulations 288 cussed by representative men, intensely interested, and 



A Useful Corporation . 288 h useful work has been done toward relieving the 



The "Why" of the Big Four 288 . _. , 



Information Wanted 288 situation. The fact was brought out that the govern- 



Spraying as an Essential Part of Profitable Apple rnent has not done its full share to give out information 



Orcharding 289 1n re gard to the lands to be settled and especially to the 



Soils and Sou Moisture 294 . . , . . . , .,. 



The Danger of Using Foreign Potatoes for Seed.. 295 reclaimed lands in the West. 



Oklahoma Irrigation Statistics 295 It is to be hoped that in the near future the Depart- 



Everlasting Watering Tanks 296 ment of the interior will take a definite stand in this 



Irrigating Land for the Production of Flax Seed.. .. 297 .... . , .. , . . , 



Things Which Hurt This Country 297 ma er and establish a special bureau of colonization for 



The Primer of Hydraulics 298 the purpose of disseminating correct information regard- 



A Very Satisfactory Machine 299 ing a n ] an d s open f or settlements in the United States 



Some Facts Worth Knowing Regarding the Inter- , . . ..-,. ,- ., , ,, , , 



national Harvester Company.. 299 and Possessions; in addition to this it should be the 



Reclamation Notes 300 further duty of the bureau to watch for any one selling 



Produce Nearly All Our Own Salt 302 or offering for sale private lands, to see that no misrep- 



Conservation of Water in Row Irrigation 302 , , . ,. 



Supreme Court Decisions 302 resentation of facts are made to intending settlers; and 



A General Purpose Farm Tractor 305 tc bring any one persisting in giving false information 



Irrigation and Drainage 306 to any one t b justice. 



Business Opportunities in the West 308 T . .,, t .. , . c , , ... 



Rapid Development in Agriculture 310 Tt wl11 re 1 ulre further m dlfi ed laws pertaining to 



New Type of Oil 312 homestead and colonization acts, modifications of the rules 



Streams Which Flow Two Ways 312 lor taking up desert and reclaimed lands in order to re- 



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Value of Sewage We Throw Away 317 Tt IS a 8 ood SI S n to note that some progress has 



