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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



Settlers on the Truckee-Carson project have 

 had success this year in raising turkeys. The alfalfa 

 fields and the grains and other products grown on 

 the irrigated lands are ideal foods to make the gob- 

 blers large, fat, juicy, delectable. 



Huntley project settlers are considering the 

 establishment of model rural schools and demon- 

 stration farms. Under the Montana law, teaching 

 of agriculture is now required in all rural schools. 



There is lots of privately owned land for sale 

 on nearly all the government projects. Much of 

 this is partly or fully ditched, leveled and otherwise 

 developed. This land must be sold because the 

 Government limits the acreage which each project 

 farmer may hold. A limit of 40 acres on farms on 

 the Salt River project was fixed recently, forcing 

 much land in the country of ostriches and oranges 

 upon the market. 



FOREST NOTES 



(Continued from [>age 120) 

 The Philippine bureau of forestry 

 uses a launch for service between 

 islands. The U. S. forest service em- 

 ploys several, both on inland lakes 

 and in salt water, in Alaska and Flor- 

 ida. 



Trunk manufacturers in Colorado 

 are abandoning the usual basswood 

 and cottonwood for the trunk box, 

 and are turning to Engelmann spruce, 

 which combines lightness, strength, 

 and ease of working. 



There are 703 bighorns or mountain 

 sheep in the national forests of Ne- 

 vada. _ 



In 26 states there are state forest- 

 ers who cooperate with private tim- 

 berland owners in solving forest prob- 

 lems. 



The forest service maintains nine 

 experiment stations for studies in re- 

 forestation and similar subjects. 



The bureau of entomology and the 

 forest service, working together for 

 the control of forest insects, last year 

 covered more than 160,000 acres in 

 their operations. 



A national arboretum is being es- 

 tablished in Rock Creek national 

 park, District of Columbia. Eventu- 

 ally it will contain all American tree 

 species which will thrive there. 



The total amount of land pur- 

 chased in the eastern states for fed- 

 eral forests is nearly 800,000 acres. 

 So far the principal work on these 

 areas has involved their protection 

 against forest fires. 



The forest service collected 40,000 

 pounds of tree seed last year for use 

 in reforestation work. The total area 

 reforested was about 30,000 acres. 



There is promise of a large turpen- 

 tine industry in the west and south- 

 west, the raw product being supplied 

 by the resinous gum of western yel- 

 low pine. 



German pencil manufacturers are 

 looking to California incense cedar 

 for pencil wood. The establishment 

 of a pencil factory in California is not 

 improbable. 



More than 120 million board feet of 

 timber was given away free by the 

 government last year to settlers and 

 miners living in or near the national 

 forests. 



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T A U r Irrigation Sprinkler 



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Saves Seed 

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MonitorDoubleDiscDrill 



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Drops 

 in front 

 of 

 bearing 



Bigger Profits from Grein Crops. You are not mak- 

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 Disc Drill. For example with wheat it saves 

 one-fifth the seed and increases the yield 3 to 

 7 bushels per acre. The increase with other 

 grains is in the same proportion. Can you af- 

 ford to lose that much on every acre every year? 



Deposits Seed at an Even Depth. The Monitor sows 

 in front of the bearing. Other drills sow behind 

 the bearing. This particular feature of the 

 Monitor gives it a very great advantage. The 

 downward turn of the discs carries the grain in- 

 to the ground and deposits it at the bottom of 

 a clean, wide furrow, in two rows, one inch apart. 

 Every grain is coveredunz/orw/ywithmoistsoil. 



Every Gr&in Grows. None of the seed is dragged 

 to the surface to shrivel in the sun, or be eaten 

 by the birds. Every seed germinates. Sow 

 one-fifth less and still get a better stand than 

 with the old style drills. 



AH Come Up at the Same Time. The proper placing of seed and uniform cover- 

 ing with moist soil causes the grain to come up and ripen evenly increases 

 the yield and improves the grade. 



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