THE 





CHICAGO, ILLINOIS National 9 NOVEMBER, 1916 



Land g^ Irrigation 

 II Journal 



Vol. XXX11 



TITLE REGISTERED U.S. PATENT OFFICE 



A ITCnriVT Ditching Machine for 



A\ ^J *D 1 11^1 Diororjnor Irricration Laterals 



No. 3 Austin Ditcher with bank-sloping attachment. Multi- 

 pedal traction wheels, each 4J4 feet wide by 11 feet long. 

 Digging a ditch 4^ feet deep, 3 foot bottom, 12 foot top. Note 

 wide berm and smooth ditch sides. 



Digging Irrigation Laterals 



Austin Machines dig to templet, duplicating 

 the engineer's specifications exactly, in 

 sloping banks, width of bottom, width of 

 berm, disposition of soil and other factors. 

 Do not require skilled operators. They 

 are built to straddle the ditch or to work 

 from either side of the ditch on wheels, 

 rails, skids or multi-pedal traction. They 

 do not dig a yard of unnecessary dirt. They 

 dig the ditch right in the beginning with 

 sides sloped and trimmed ready for lining 



Write for our booklets on open ditching 

 machinery Mb. 200 and catalogue S. 



F. C. Austin Drainage 

 Excavator Co. 



Railway Exchange Bldg., Chicago 



The cut illustrating this advertisement 

 represents a pair of 48* Double Suction 

 Pumps directly connected to Horizontal 

 Compound Engine. This plant is doing 

 irrigating work in Texas. We have 

 others. Let us figure with you for a Pump 

 to do your work. Get our Catalog. 



H. A. PAINE, Houston, Tens 



HENION & H0BBELL 

 217 North Jefferson St., Chicago 



Morris Machine Works 



BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. 



Reclamation Service Problem By Edward Gillette On page 198. 



