THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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NEW RAILROAD RUMORS. 



Rumors of new railroads are in circulation in 

 Northwestern South Dakota. Minneapolis and St. 

 Louis surveyors are reported to have been at work in 

 the neighborhood of Isabel, in Dewey county. The 

 old survey is being followed from LeBeau, the Mis- 

 souri river near terminus of the road, crossing the 

 Moreau river near White Horse. From White 

 Horse the line runs in a westerly direction, passing 

 within a few miles of Isabel and continuing west to 

 Pickerville. 



Another rumor is to the effect that the Northern 

 Pacific will build its long contemplated extension 

 southward from Fort Yates, N. D. One rumor is to 

 the effect that the extension will be built to Mo- 

 bridge, but another is to the effect that the road will 

 be built on the western side of the Missouri river, 

 instead of the eastern, and will make a loop through 

 northwestern South Dakota in an effort to shorten 

 the Northern Pacific line to the coast, to meet the 

 strenuous competition of the Milwaukee road. 



ANNOUNCEMENT. 



Mr. Harry A. Storrs has associated himself with the 

 Edmund T. Perkins Engineering Company, Chicago, 111., as 

 consulting electrical engineer. 



Mr. Storrs is of New England birth and education. His 

 engineering education includes post-graduate work at Colum- 

 bia College, New York, and several years as professor of 

 electrical engineering in the University of Vermont. In 

 practical engineering, his experience covers commercial in- 

 stallations in Vermont, Colorado and California, as well as 

 government construction work on the Atlantic Coast and in 

 the Western states. 



Genuine Navajo Blankets 



My business is done directly with the 'Navajo Indians, whose 

 reservation is near Aztec. I make trips to the reservation 

 and purchase the best in the line of Navajo rugs and blankets 

 direct from the Indian weaver. I have no middleman to pay. 

 Why pay $20 to $50 for a Navajo rug or blanket in a Chicago 

 store when I can sell you the finest quality from $5 to $35, 

 depending on size. If not satisfied after examination I 

 will refund your money, and I refer to the Citizens Bank of 

 Aztec as to my responsibility. Before buying a Navajo rug or 

 blanket write me telling me size you want and get my prices. 



J. F. WOOD, Aztec, New Mexico 



American farmers have much to learn, 

 if they ever decide that it is desirable 

 to learn it, with regard to intensive 

 cultivation. 



United States Consul Robert Frazer, 

 Jr., of Valencia, Spain, has written to 

 the State Department to the effect that 

 in the Province of Valencia families 

 subsist on the produce of four-tenths 

 of an acre of land and that as many as 

 160 families live on 100 acres. The cul- 

 tivation is by hand, little machinery be- 

 ing used, and the land is officially valued 

 at an average of $656 an acre. Rain- 

 fall being insufficient, irrigation is 

 necessary, but the production is enor- 

 mous, amounting to more than 1,000.000 

 metric tons of oranges, olives, grapes, 

 and other crops. 



In view of such figures as these one 

 is tempted to ask why there is any cry 

 of a land famine? The Government is 

 still giving away land for nothing, and 

 in some localities it is giving the home- 

 steader 320 acres, while in others it has 

 reduced the period of time required to 

 get title to a homestead to three years. 



Undoubtedly the rush to Canada is 

 largely misguided. It has been induced 

 by active advertising on the part of 

 Canada, and by more liberal regulations 

 for the taking up of lands. Many Amer- 

 icans who have precipitately crossed the 

 border are likely to come back again as 

 soon as they can do so without loss, 

 and they will be the better for their 

 experiences. Moreover, they will have 

 learned that the distant fields always 

 look greenest, and that Uncle Sam still 

 has as good lands as are being given 

 away by any other government. 







Irrigation 



Is a 

 Necessity 



Send $2.50 for The Irriga- 

 tion Age 1 yotvr. and the 

 Primer of Irrigation 



TO secure the most favorable conditions for the successful growing of 

 crops of nearly every description, irrigation is a necessity. An inde- 

 pendent pumping plant furnishes the highest form of irrigating effici- 

 ency. To be sure of having as much water as your crops need at just the 

 right time, to eliminate any chance of delay, your plant should be run by a 

 reliable engine that will operate anywhere and at any time the conditions 

 may demand. The engine that you can always depend upon is an 



I H C Oil and Gas Engine 



I H C engines are built right, run right and stay right, because they are 

 made of the best material, built by skilled workmen and thoroughly tested 

 before leaving the factory. The record and capacity of each engine is known 

 positively betore shipment. Each I H C engine is more powerful than it is 

 rated. You can depend upon an I H C engine to furnish ample power for 

 irrigating, sawing, grinding, running the feed grinder, hay press, or any other 

 farm machines. In short, when you buy an I H C engine you are sure of 

 having your work well done, and done on time. What is such assurance 

 worth to you? 



I H C engines are made in every style air and water cooled; horizontal 

 and vertical; stationary, portable and mounted on skids; to operate on gas, 

 gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, distillate, or alcohol. Sizes, 1 to SO-H. P.; trac- 

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 etc., are included in the line. 



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 nearest branch house. 



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International Harvester Company of America 



(Incorporated) 

 Chicago USA 



I H C Service Bureau 



The purpose of this Bureau is to furnish, free of charge to all. the 

 best information obtainableon better fanning. If you have any yrorthy 

 Questions concerning soils, crops, land drainage, irrigation, fertilizers, 

 etc.. make your inquiries specific and send them to I H C Service 

 Bureau, Harvester Building, Chicago. USA 



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