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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



Trimming for Lining Irrigation Ditches Costs 

 U Cents per Square Foot 



Government Reports give the cost of trimming irrigation ditches as an average of \Yi cents 

 per square foot of slope and bottom area and the cost of concrete lining 3 in. thick as an average 

 of 15 cents per square foot including trimming. 



Ten per Cent of the Cost of Lining Irrigation Ditches is 

 Eliminated by Ditching with an Austin Drainage Excavator 



Because it carves the ditch to templet without disturbing the natural soil beyond the channel 

 limits, no trimming, shaping or cleaning is necessary to fit the earth cut for its concrete or other lining. 



Thirty thousand Cubic Yards of Earth Moved in One Month 



Is the record of the Austin Drainage Excavator in hard digging and every yard dug was 

 ditch produced because there is no waste excavation when 



Ditches are Dug to Templet 



Send for Catalogue "S" 



F. C. Austin Drainage Excavator Company 



Agents Wanted in Open Territory 



Railway Exchange, Chicago, 111. 



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