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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



A REMARKABLE WALL LINING. 



During recent years there has been a remarkable de- 

 velopment in building materials, one of the most popular 

 and practical of which is utility wall board, a substitute 

 for lath and plaster, manufactured by The Heppes Com- 

 pany of Chicago, 111. 



The great problem has been to make a wall board that 

 would not shrink or warp, and that would not contract or 

 expand to any appreciable extent under atmospheric 

 changes, and that would "stay put" once it had been 

 properly applied to the wall and ceiling. By constant 

 experimenting The Heppes Company have practically 

 overcome all these difficulties, and the home builder or 

 contractor can use Utility Wall Board with very satis- 

 factory results. 



Utility Wall Board is made in sheets about one-fourth 

 'ol an inch thick, 32 and 48 inches wide, and in lengths of 

 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 16 feet. It is nailed direct 

 to the studding and joists in new buildings, or it can be 

 applied over cracked or broken plaster in old buildings. 

 It is easily and quickly applied by any one handy with 

 tools. It does away with all the litter, muss and confusion 

 incident to a plaster job, and as the board is perfectly dry 

 when applied the building may be completed much quicker 

 than where plaster is ust-d. It is adaptable to any style or 

 type of building, and to any panel design or style of 

 decoration. It may be painted, kalsomined, papered or 

 covered with burlap, the same as a plastered wall, but 

 with much bettejr results. 



Utility W6LpS3oard being put together with two insu- 

 lations of wateL goofing and waterproofed on both sides 

 against atmoppfa^v: moisture, makes the building in 

 which it is used ^<#h dryer and more sanitary than any 

 other wall lining W>< 



It is safe/ to (ing/- there is not a new home built in 

 which Utility! WajaviBoard cannot be used to advantage. 

 There is not, a gin ige or summer cottage, an office or 

 factory in which at will not add to the economy and 

 efficiency of the buifder's work. And in the houses that 

 are already built ths opportunities for using it in repair 

 work or remodeling are almost without number. It is the 



handiest material that ever came to hand for building 

 partitions, turning waste spaces into cozy rooms or 

 closets, making clothes chests, wardrobes, etc. 



In taking into consideration the cost of Utilitv Board, 

 as compared with other wall linings, the builder should 

 not consider the initial expense of applying only, but the 

 lasting qualities of the different materials as well. When 

 this board is used the first cost is the last cost, and this 

 factor of permanency and elimination of repairs should ba 

 carefully considered. 



Very comprehensive descriptive and illustrated litera- 

 ture and a sample of Utility Wall Board may be obtained 

 free by addressing The Heppes Company, Chicago, 111. 



(Continued from page 405.) 

 MISCELLANEOUS. 



A deal has been negotiated for the purchase of a tract 

 of 1,630 acres of land in Finney county, Kansas, by a 

 Garden City company, which will be irrigated and alfalfa 

 grown. A pumping plant will be installed and the entire 

 tract sown to alfalfa. Chas. I. Zirkle & Company was the 

 purchaser. 



Ten thousand acres of Kansas land in Gray and Ford 

 counties are to be irrigated from the Eureka ditch. John 

 Gilbert, representative of the operating company at Dodge 

 City, states that the company believes it has developed a 

 water supply for ten thousand acres. Work on the dam 

 across thfe river at Ingalls has been delayed a month by 

 the high water but work will be resumed within the very 

 near future. 



It is reported that a survey is to be run over the pro- 

 posed route of the big irrigation ditch, which, if found 

 feasible, will carry water to supply a large part of western 

 Stanley county, South Dakota, with water. The proposed 

 plan is to tap the south fork of the Cheyenne river in the 

 vicinity of Cheyenne Falls and to carry the water out 

 to the Bad Lands, where a large natural reservoir is lo- 

 cated. The water could then be carried from there along 

 the divide between Bad river and Cheyenne river, and dis- 

 tributed over a large area. 



If Bugs, or Hail, or Drouth, or Other Calamity 

 Should Destroy One-Fourth ot Your Crop 



You would call it a DIRECT 

 LOSS. 



What do you call it when BY 

 NOT USING A MONITOR 

 DOUBLE DISC 



you raise a FOURTH LESS 

 than you would have raised 

 had you used a Monitor 

 Double Disc? 



These are Facts Testified to by Grain Growers Themselves 



The Monitor is approximately one-third 

 lighter draft than any other machine of 

 equal capacity. It will work where any 

 other drill will work, and often under con- 

 ditions where no other drill can work. 



It is the only drill that puts all the seed 

 at the bottom of a clean, wide furrow, in 

 two rows, at an even depth, and covers with a 

 uniform amount of earth, by reason of which 



It requires one-fifth less seed than other 

 machines it all grows, no waste. 



It increases the yield of wheat usually 

 from three to seven bushels per acre. Other 

 grains in proportion. 



Wheat grown from seed sown by it will 

 grade higher and consequently bring a higher 

 price. 



The Increase in Yield on Fifty Acres Will Pay for the Drill 



MOLINE PLOW CO., Dept. 3, Moline, 111. 



And all Flying Dutchman Dealers. 



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