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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



an emergency tax to raise $40,000, the 

 amount necessary to cover the cost 

 of repairing the damage to the irri- 

 gation system caused by the break in 

 the outlet gate of the Davis reservoir 

 and the wrecking of a mile and a half 

 of the main canal. A new canal will 

 be built to take the place of the 

 wrecked portion. 



The South San Joaquin (Cal.) Irri- 

 gation District has voted an assess- 

 ment of $140,000 to complete its irri- 

 gation system. 



Reclamation plans for the improve- 

 ment of 30,000 acres in California Irri- 

 gation District 999 (Netherlands), at a 

 cost of $2,134,000 ,have been approved. 

 The work planned will reclaim ap- 

 proximately 30,000 acres west of Lis- 

 bon, Merritt and Sutler, the last of 

 the unreclaimed land in the Yolo basin 

 that touches the Sacramento river. 

 About 82 per cent of the land is the 

 property of the Netherlands Farms 

 Company, which company has already 

 expended $350,000 on levees. Some 

 of the levees to be built will be among 

 the largest in California. 



Irrigation by means of pumping is 

 proving a success around Wheatland, 

 Yuba county, Cal. Several of the 

 farmers have obtained abundant water 

 and others are planning to sink wells. 

 A. Reichers has a pump that throws 

 800 gallons per minute and his sup- 

 ply of water seems to be unlimited. 

 A. G. Oakly has a pump that throws 

 1,000 gallons a minute and his well has 

 shown no signs of a decrease under 

 critical tests. 



The Orchard Heights Land Com- 

 pany of Beaumont, Cal., have com- 

 pleted their wells and pipe line and are 

 now filling their three and one-half 

 million gallon reservoir; a capacity 

 sufficient to supply their tract of 

 eleven hundred acres, which is now 

 subdivided into lots of ten acres each. 

 Water will be piped under pressure 

 to the high corner of every ten-acre 

 piece. 



ONE WAY TO STRETCH WIRE 



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 your wagon so that the rear wheels 

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 Fasten the chain to the wire you wish 

 tightened by running the smooth wire 

 through the links of the chain, and 

 then wrapping around the barb wire. 

 Then run the large link at the other 

 end of the chain between two spokes 

 of the hind wheel, next to the hub. 

 Turn the large link over after passing 

 between the spokes, then all you have 

 to do to stretch the wire is to turn the 

 wheel forward. When the wire has 

 become tight enough, fasten securely 



to the post, turn the wheel back, un- 

 wrap the smooth wire from the tight- 



ened strand, and proceed with the 

 next. 



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