THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXVII 



CHICAGO, JULY, 1912. 



NO. 9 



THE IRRIGATION AGE 



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CONTENTS. American Ambassadors in Europe, by direc- 



... Lower Rates tion of the State Department, have under- 



Of Interest taken an investigation of farm finance to 

 Lower Rates of Interest for Farmers 325 For Farmers make recommendations which shall be the 



Reciprocity Looms Up in Canada 325 basis of legislation to facilitate the raising 



Irrigate According to Sound Principles.. . 326 cf mone y b - v American farmers and eliminate high interest 



charges. 



President Taft, it is said, is prepared to recommend 



Canal Rights in Dispute with England 327 t o Congress some proposed legislation as the result of this 



Improvement in Financial Aspect of Irrigation 327 investigation. It may be framed after the French Credit 



Foncier, which loans money to farmers at a staple rate of 



interest and issues bonds for the loans. The institution is 



Principal Articles and Items under government supervision. The German Landschaf- 



Large Profits in Potatoes 328 ten system also is under observation. 



The Potato 328 The American farmers are said to pay from 6 to 10 



Official Call. Twentieth National Irrigation Congress 329 P er cent int "est, while the French farmer averages 4.3 



per cent. The present system of farm mortgages sold to 



Helping Out the Rainfall 330 , , , ,. . 



local investors would be eliminated by the new system. 



Forestry Topics 333 



Southern Idaho I-rrigators 334 Reciprocity won in Saskatchewan by 



Correspondence 335 Reciprocity an enormous majority. To be sure, it was 



Business Disregards Politics. '. 336 }- oo P s "P a Provincial election, but it was fought on 



In Canada Dominion or Federal issues and the liberal 



government was returned to office with a 



Nitrification of the -Soil 340 ga j n o f several seats and a majority of probably three to 



Supreme Court Decisions 341 one. 



Reclamation Notes 342 As the whole strength of the conservative government 



The San Tuan Basin 314 ' n power at C* ttawa was use d > n trying to turn the tide. 



t'"r results possess unusual significance, and prove that the 

 Alamosa, Colorado ,..345 seiuiment in favor o f c i oser trade relations with the 



New Railroad Rumors 349 United States is very strong in that part of Canada which 



Orchard Spraying Experiments :' 351 is growing fastest in wealth and population. 



