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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



oil in case trouble should develop in the circulating 

 system, and, in fact, the entire installation is as 

 nearly foolproof as can be made. Upkeep has been 

 very light and, from experience gained through the 

 actual operation of a large number of irrigating 

 plants, the life of a pumping plant as installed here 

 should be at least twenty years. 



There are 250,000 acres of fertile land in the 



Hereford district, all underlaid with water at an 

 economical depth. Water can be found at the high 

 point on any tract without fail and the amount de- 

 veloped is governed absolutely by the equipment 

 used. The water-bearing formation is very deep, 

 heavily saturated, and not the least bit freaky. We 

 have had no bad wells and never made a failure in 

 getting water in irrigating quantities. 



AUTO TRUCK MAKES FARMER A BUSINESS MAN 



By GEORGE F. WHITSETT 



Of the International Harvester Co. of America 



WONDER is expressed by some that motor 

 trucks are becoming used on the farm. Many 

 who are unfamiliar with present rural conditions 

 imagine that development is peculiar to the city, 

 and that farming conditions are the same yesterday, 

 today and forever. 



It is inevitable that as the nature of farming 

 itself changes, the machines of the farm will dis- 

 play a corresponding change. Agricultural need 

 always precedes the machine which fills it. 



Tell me what kind of farming a man does and 

 I will tell you what kind of delivery he uses, or 

 will use within the next few years. The farmer 

 who has graduated into some one of the numerous 

 specialized forms of farming the kinds that put 

 fertility back into his farm, and daily profits into 

 his pockets will find motor truck delivery neces- 

 sary in his business. 



There appeared recently in the Pennsylvania 

 Farmer an account of one instance of motor market- 

 ing which nicely illustrates the new regime. S. L. 

 Kester of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, has used 

 a motor truck to his profit and convenience for two 

 years in conveying his produce from Homestead 

 Farm to market. 



"He produces fruit, berries, garden products, 

 butter and eggs," says the account. "The products 

 are carried more safely and arrive in better con- 

 dition than when hauled in a market wagon. About 

 one-third as much time is spent on the road and 

 one team is dispensed with. Towns that were prac- 

 tically out of reach by team are within easy dis- 

 tance by motor truck." 



The writer prefaces his remarks on Mr. Kes- 

 ter's delivery success with this statement : "The 

 number of users of the motor truck for marketing 

 purposes is rapidly increasing and their success 

 bids fair to make this method the popular one for 

 conveying farm produce to market. As a saver of 

 time and horses it is economical." 



And this is the age of all ages, and the year of 

 all years when economy is an argument. With 

 shrapnel shooting the price of horseflesh skyward, 

 the specialized farmer, as well as the city merchant, 

 will listen to arguments for economy. Financial 

 and economical crises are beneficial in that they 

 force us to substitute for our extravagant ways 



Two views of a big metal flume at Taos, New Mexico. Courtesy of the Klauer Manufacturing Company. 



