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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



(Continued from page 242.) 

 each outlet for a distance of 14 

 feet on each side of it. The drop 

 gutters may be drained in like 

 manner or can be sloped slightly 

 in one direction for their full 

 length. For each in cleaning, 

 round all angles and corners (ex- 

 cept at the bottom of the drop 

 gutters) by applying a 1 to 2 

 cement-sand mortar immediately 

 after removing the forms. 



CARING FOR CATTLE AND FLOOR. 



Regardless of the kind of floor, 

 bedding, or straw or litter is an 

 absolute necessity : it keeps the 

 cow clean and absorbs the valu- 

 able liquid manure. If the help 

 can not be depended on to bed 

 the cows properly, it is advisable 

 to use a removable wooden grat- 

 ing, or platform. Cork bricks also 

 give satisfactory results, but are 

 somewhat expensive. They are 

 set in a 2-inch depression in the 

 floor and are held in position on 

 all sides by the concrete acting as 

 a curb. 



With the proportions and thick- 

 ness given above, 4 bags (1 bar- 

 rel) of cement, 10 cubic feet of 

 sand (say y& cubic yard) and 20 

 cubic feet of crushed rock (about 

 Y cubic yard) will lay 45 to 50 

 square feet of floor. The usual 

 cost of this much material alone 

 is $2.50. The floor soon pays for 

 itself many times over. 



RECLAMATION RECORD 

 NOTES. 



While the department does not 

 require any specific amount of cul- 

 tivation when the entry is made un- 

 der the general homestead laws, 

 there must be disclosed in all cases 

 such actual cultivation of the entry 

 as will show the good faith of the 

 entryman. 



A settlement lawfully initiated 

 and occupancy thereunder inter- 

 rupted in obedience to an order of 

 court is not thereby terminated or 

 abandoned. 



The preferential right of entry 

 conferred upon homestead settlers 

 by section 3 of the act of May 14, 

 1830 is, like the right created in 

 favor of successful contestants by 

 section 2 of said act, a personal 

 nrivilege which cannot be trans- 

 ferred to another. 



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