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THE IEEIGATION AGE. 



LAYNE & BOWLER COMPANY EXPAND 



A deal was consummated recently by which the 

 Layne & Bowler Company of Houston, Texas, ac- 

 quired possession of the property of the Allen Engi- 

 neering Company. 



The Layne & Bowler Company is recognized 

 in the irrigation world as among the leaders in the 



Herding Turkeys on J. W. Lough's Farm, Scott County, Kansas. 



manufacture of irrigation pumps for deep and shal- 

 low wells and as irrigation well contractors. They 

 operate large shops at Houston, Texas; Los An- 

 geles, California; and Stuttgart, Arkansas, besides 

 operating branch offices at Welsh, Louisiana, and 

 Jackson, Mississippi. With the acquisition of the 

 property of the Allen Engineering Company, they 

 will be in better position to take care of the irriga- 

 tion needs of Kansas, Colorado, and Northern 

 Texas, where there is a very rapid development of 

 irrigation work. The officials of the company have 

 had their eyes on Memphis for some time, as a log- 

 ical point for establishing a factory and, after a 

 careful study of the transportation facilities and 

 central location as compared with that of several 

 other cities, they decided in favor of Memphis. 



J. W. Lough's Fourth Crop of Alfalfa. Total Yield for 1913, Seven 

 Tons per Acre. Scott County, Kansas. 



The Houston factory will now devote their 

 energies to supplying the export trade and local 

 demands from the Gulf Coast fields. Besides the 

 manufacture of water screen and pumps, the com- 

 pany is a large manufacturer of oil well strainers. 



The property of the Allen Engineering Com- 



pany consists of ten acres of ground located on the 

 Memphis Belt Railroad, on which are located large 

 foundry, machine shops, pattern shop, and ware- 

 house. This is practically a new shop of the latest 

 design, well equipped with late models, and direct 

 motor-driven machines. It is valued at $125,000.00 

 and will prove a valuable acquisition for this rapidly 

 growing company. It is the intention of the com- 

 pany to erect modern dwelling houses for their ma- 

 chine men on the vacant acreage. 



ALFALFA BIG EARNER 



The past dry season, cheaper fuel oil and the 

 discovery that an inexhaustible supply of water 

 may be had throughout western Kansas from the 

 underflow has stimulated great interest in irriga- 

 tion in that section. Results for the past season 

 show wonderful profits. The greatest progress is 

 being made along the Arkansas Valley and in the 

 shallow water districts in Scott and Meade counties. 



An extensive irrigation pumping plant has been 

 in operation for a year on the Laugh-Marks ranch 

 in Scott county. On land which was not worth 

 over $25.00 an acre before the installation of the 



Irrigation Well on Lough Ranch, Scott County, Kansas. 



pumping plant a crop of alfalfa has been harvested 

 this year that shows a net earning per acre of 

 $80.78, on a gross earning $105.00 or over four times 

 the value of the land before the pumping plant was 

 put in. 



On this ranch is a pump operated by fuel oil 

 installed by the Layne & Bowler Company. Stutt- 

 gart, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee, which lifts 

 1,600 gallons of water per minute. A recent test 

 run was made, the pump flooding 4]/ 2 acres of alfalfa 

 in 3j4 hours. The pumping cost was $305 for this 

 run, including 40 gallons of fuel oil at 4 l / 2 cents per 

 gallon, one pint of lubricating oil, 20 cents per hour 

 for engine man and 15 cents per hour for water 

 distribution. 



Another ranch man claims that he realized 

 $95.00 net an acre under the same system. 



The accompanying half tones will give a fairly 

 good idea of the crops and country. 



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