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THE IERIGATION AGE. 



of $18,805 if they sign their land under the new state 

 project within 30 days, because of the action taken by 

 the desert land board at a melting recently. This action 

 was taken at the request of Vernon A. Forbes of Bend, 

 who appeared before the board as a representative of the 

 settlers, and upon the approval of Project Engineer O. 

 Lauergaard. It will be a readjustment of the liens and 

 will result in the $18,805 being taken from the liens on 

 the lands of old settlers and adding the amount to the 

 unreclaimed land. 



reclaiming the land from date of entry. Later an act gave 

 three additional years under certain conditions, and the 

 latest act adds three more, or ten in all, in Franklin and 

 Grant counties, where satisfactory showing is made. 



The federal government has set aside $15,000 to be 

 used with an equal sum appropriated by the 1913 Oregon 

 legislature for a survey and study of Five Mile Rapids 

 near The Dalles. The feasibility of developing a power 

 project on this spot will be investigated thoroughly. The 

 State Engineer has received word of the action of the 

 federal government in a lettter from Secretary of the 

 Interior Lane. 



Two army engineers and two from the reclamation 

 service will act as United States representatives on the 

 investigation commission. The Oregon members were 

 named some time ago. They have organized and held 

 a meeting in which the general features of the work were 

 gone over. 



Telegraphic instructions were received recently by 

 Register McDonald, of the United States Land Office, 

 that a special act of Congress is in effect for relief of 

 desert land entrymen in Franklin and Grant counties. 

 The act provides for further extensions of time in all cases 

 where entrymen have been unable on account of "un- 

 avoidable delay in the construction and operation of irri- 

 gation works intended to convey water to the land" to 

 reclaim the land within the time allowed by existing stat- 

 utes. The act adds three years of life to practically every 

 unperfected entry. 



Private projects near Pasco also are benefited, as 

 they are allowed additional time to fulfill agreements with 

 entrymen to get water on the land. 



The original desert entry act allowed four years for 



An unusual freak in the way of an apple was brought 

 into Hood River recently by F. C. Sexton of the Odell 

 district. One half of the apple was a perfect Spitzenberg 

 and the other half was a perfect Ortley in both color and 

 flavor. One half was red and the other half was a golden 

 yellow. The apple was grown on a Spitzenberg tree that 

 stood beside an Ortley. The peculiar result is traced to 

 the pollenization from the Ortley. 



UTAH. 



State Fish and Game Commissioner Fred W. Cham- 

 bers of Utah has ordered the prosecution of the North 

 Ogden Irrigation Company for its alleged failure to give 

 five days' notice before letting the water out of its canal. 

 It is said that thousands of trout in the stream were killed 

 when the drawing out of the water left them lying on the 

 banks and in the bed of the canal. 



Articles of incorporation for the New Era Irrigation 

 Company, composed of farmers residing in trie northwest 

 section of Weber county, were filed with County Clerk 

 S. G. Dye at Ogden. The new company is incorporated 

 for a period of 100 years, with a capitalization not to ex- 

 ceed $10,000. The first officers are Lyman Skeen, presi- 

 dent; James M. Wade, vice-president; W. J. Coy, secre- 

 tary, and Joseph Skeen, treasurer. 



The incorporators, together with their place of resi- 

 dence and number of $10 shares of stock held by each, are 

 as follows: Stephen Knight, Plain City, 5; James M. 

 Wade, Warren, 25; W. J. Coy, Plain City, 10; Lyman 

 Skeen, Plain City, 250; M. W. Wade, Warren, 10; Charles 

 Skeen, Plain City, 25; Joseph Skeen, Warren, 100; D. A. 

 Skeen, Salt Lake, 50. 



The CROCODILE WRENCH 



THREADING 

 BLANK BOLT 



PIPE WRENCH 



MONKEY WRENCH 



Six Handy Farm Tools in One 



The Crocodile Wrench is drop forged from the finest tool steel and scien- 

 tifically tempered. Every wrench guaranteed against breakage. It is 8^2 inches 

 long and weighs ten ounces. 



A pipe wrench, a nut wrench, a screw driver and three dies for cleaning up 

 and re- threading rusted and battered threads; also for cutting new threads on 

 blank bolts. Dies will fit all bolts used on standard farm machinery. 



Teeth and dies are case-hardened in bone-black, making them hard and keen. 



The dies on this wrench alone would cost $1.50, and would be worth more 

 than that to every fanner, as they would often save valuable time, besides an 

 extra trip to town for repairs. 



Sent free with each order for Irrigation Age for one year price for both 

 $l .00; also sent to old subscribers who renew their subscription for one year, 



Address: IRRIGATION AGE, 30 No. Dearborn St., Chicago 



FACTS ABOUT HENS AND 

 EGGS. 



Michael K. Boyer, 

 Hammonton, N. J. 



While heavy laying is as a rule de- 

 sirable, phenomenal egg records are 

 not a guarantee of strong, rugged off- 

 spring. There must be a limit. 



The hen that lays 150 eggs in a 

 year is doing mighty good laying, and 

 she is not so apt to break down early 

 in life as is the one which is trying 

 to "break the record." 



Pullets and yearling hens that have 

 done such remarkable work in their 

 first season, are not so apt to do 

 heavy work in the second year. 



As a rule, hens that lay steadily 

 during cold weather are indifferent 

 hot weather layers. 



Extreme cold and extreme hot 

 weather affect hens alike. 



The regular layers give the best 

 sized eggs, while the spasmodic lay- 

 ers generally produce an assortment 

 of sizes. 



The size of the egg becomes 

 smaller as the hen increases the num- 

 ber of her product. So also does the 

 color gradually change from a dark 

 brown to a light color towards the 

 close of the litter. 



The majority of eggs are laid be- 

 tween the hours of 9 o'clock in the 

 morning and 3 o'clock in the after- 

 noon. 



There is not very strong fertility 

 in the eggs laid by a hen that will 

 produce from 30 to 50 egs in suc- 

 cession. 



