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Drainage Ditching for H,ths of 

 a Cent Per Cubic Yard 



"We have now completed two 

 and one-half miles of ditch which is 

 about 4}/2 ft. deep with a 13 ft. top. 

 Our best day has been 1,875 cubic 

 yards and yesterday we dug about 

 1,500 cubic yards. We have lots of 

 boulders to contend with as well as 

 stumps and roots, and the muskeg, 

 which is about two feet deep on top, 

 makes very heavy traction." 



This service record is one of 



many which shows the surprising 

 economy of the Austin Ditching 

 Machine with Bank Sloping Attach- 

 ment. 



No. 00 Cuts 6 It. deep, 2 1 -2 ft. bottom, 9 ft. top. Special Cuts 5 ft. 

 deop, 4 It. bottom, 13 ft. top. No. 1O Cuts 6 ft. deop, 4 It. bottom, 16 

 ft. top (or any dimensions smaller than named.) 



Remove the Bank Sloping Attachment and the machine will 

 dig a tile ditch or a trench for water, sewer or gas pipe, just as 

 cheaply. 



One Machine Outfits a Contractor to undertake any class 

 of drainage, ditching or trenching required in 80 per cent of the 

 farms and towns of the country. 



Many Contractors are Grouping Jobs and making good profits 

 where formerly hand work barely gave a living wage. One small 

 ditching job will not warrant the purchase of an Austin Ditcher, but 

 a group of several small jobs will warrant it. An energetic contrac- 

 tor can, in any section where drainage is active, group several jobs to 

 be handled one after the other during the . season. Let us tell you 

 how to do it. Write to-day for Circular No. 200. 



F. C. Austin Drainage Excavator Company 



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