THE IKRIGATION AGE. 



413 



three pounds of seed producing 

 enough plants for one acre, but to 

 be on the safe side in practice, we 

 usually count on four to five pounds 

 of seed. The winter temperatures in 

 the Mesilla Valley do not injure the 

 little onion plants. During the last 

 two winters they have stood a zero 

 temperature without material injury. 

 In the Mesilla Valley it is the prac- 

 tice to transplant from the first to 

 the fifteenth of March. Transplanting 

 at this time gives the best results. 

 The later the transplanting is done 

 the poorer the results. The old rule 

 in regard to the proper size of onions 

 for transplanting was that the onion 

 was ready for transplanting when it 

 was as large as a pencil. This rule 

 does not have to be followed in the 

 transplanting of this crop in this cli- 

 mate, as all of the onions are trans- 

 planted long before they are that 

 large. Oftentimes when they are not 

 more than twice as large as a tooth- 

 pick. 



Liberal Land 



Policy of the 



Victorian Govern- 

 ment of Australia 



Best of Irrigated Lands offered settlers at $30 to 

 $100 per acre and 313^ years granted to pay for 

 purchase. 



No government has ever offered such unusual 

 opportunities to secure a home as Victoria. The 

 finest of lands, adapted for all kinds of horti- 

 culture and agriculture. Climate mild and pleas- 

 ing like California. Lands are under the finest 

 irrigation system ever conceived by any govern- 

 ment. Every inducement offered settlers. 



Recent American visitors inspecting these lands 

 were wonderfully impressed. 



Reduced steamship passage one way or return. 

 For particulars call or write MR. F. T. A. 

 FRICKE, Government Representative from 

 Victoria, care of Peck-Judah Co., 687 Market St.. 

 San Francisco. 



Amazing "DETROIT" Kerosene Engine 

 hi|ipc<i on 15 days* FREE Trial, proves 

 kerosene cheapest, safest, most power- 

 ful fuel. If satisfied, pay lowest price 

 ever given on reliable farm engine; if 

 not, pay nothing. No waste, no evapo- 

 ration, DO explosion from coal oil. 



Gasoline Going Up! 



Gasoline is 9ctol. r )chiRher than 

 coal "i 1.- Sti 11 goins up. Two 

 pints of coal oil do work of three 



Amazing'"DETROIT" 



only engine running on coal 

 oil successfully, uses alcohol, gas- 

 olineand ttenzin,too. Starts with- 

 out cranking. Only three moving 



gears no valves the utinosttn simplicity, power and strength. 

 Mounted on skids. All sizes, 2 to 20 h. p., in stock ready to 

 ship. Enginetested before crating. Comes all ready to run. 

 Pumps, saws, threshes, churns, separates milk, grinds feed, 

 shell j <-r>rn, runs home electric lighting plant. Prices 'stripped), 

 $39. 5O tip. Sent any place on 15 days' Free Trial. Don'* 



optrujtii tiira-jjow iniruuuciury price, nr.ie! 



Detroit Engine Works, "01 Bellevue Ave.. Detroit. Mich. 



Send $1.00 for The Irriga- 

 tion Age 1 ye-Ar, And the 

 Primer of Irrigation 



Irrigation or Drainage at 96 Cents 



For Fuel is Claimed by Users of These Engines 



Per Acre 

 Foot 



Fairbanks-Morse Oil Engines operate ^ 

 on low grade oils, at about 2 cents a 

 gallon at refinery. These engines are 

 reliable, easy to start, easy to care for, 

 durable, and always develop more 

 than their rated power. Now giving 

 satisfactory service in all the irrigation 

 fields. Sizes up to 200 H. P. 



Fairbanks, Morse & 



Your SUCCESS depends on the relia- 

 bility of your pumping engine. You 

 can't afford to take chances. We have 

 manufactured engines and pumps for 

 over 25 years. Our experience covers 

 practically every form of irrigation or 

 drainage. Write us for information on 

 any pumping problem and ask for free 

 Catalog No. IE 650. 



900 So. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 111. 



A Plain Statement of I H C Wagon Value 



THERE is money saved for one farmer every time an I H C wagon is 

 sold. Not because it costs less money to begin with, but because of 

 the length of service it gives, an I H C wagon is the cheapest wagon 

 you can buy. A new wagon costs you the price of so many bushels of 

 wheat, corn, or oats, or so many bales of hay. The longer the wagon lasts 

 the more you get for the original purchase price, and the cheaper your 

 wagon becomes. That is why it is economy to buy the best wagon one 

 that will outlast any ordinary wagon. When you buy an I H C wagon 



Weber New Bettendorf Steel King 



you invest in a wagon built of the highest grade material which experience 

 and care can select or money can buy; built in the most thorough, pains- 

 taking manner, by skilled workmen, in factories which have modern appli- 

 ances for doing work of the highest standard at the lowest possible cost. 

 The conditions under which I H C wagons are built are nearly ideal. 



All lumber used is air-dried in sheds with concrete floors. This insures 

 toughness and resiliency. All metal parts are made of especially prepared 

 steel, guaranteeing the longest service. Each wagon undergoes four inspec- 

 tions before being shipped so that it reaches the purchaser in first class con- 

 dition, ready to be put to work at once and able to carry any reasonable load 

 over any road where a wagon should go. 



Weber wagons have wood gears, New Bettendorf and Steel King have 

 steel gears. The I H C local dealer knows which wagon is best suited to 

 your work, will tell you why, and will sell you that one. When you see 

 him have him show you all the good points of I H C wagons, and 

 hear what he can tell you about the experiences of I H C wagon 

 owners. You can get literature from him, or write the nearest 

 branch house. 



WESTERN BRANCH HOUSES: Denver. Colo.: Helen.. Mont.; Portland*. 

 Ore.; Spokane, Wash.; Silt Lake City, Utah ; San Francisco, Cal. 



International Harvester Company of America 



Chicago 



(Incorporated) 

 I H C Service Bureau 



USA 



The purpose of this Bureau Is to furnish. free ol charge to all. the best Information obtainable 

 on better larmine If you have any worthy questions concerning soils, crops, land drainage. 

 Irrigation, lertilizer. etc.. make your inquiries specific and send them to IHC Service Bureau. 

 Harvester Building, Chicago. USA 



