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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



a BUY A WITTE 

 High-Grade Engine 



I can ship immediately any si ze or style 

 WITTE Kerosene or Gasoline Engine 2 

 to 22 H-P. , Stationary, Portable or Saw-risr 

 all ready to run on arrival. Why wait 6 to 

 E.H. WITTE. 8 weeks, or longer, when I can ship you a 

 better engine Now! Today!! so that it will be earning 

 a part of its cost. Cash or Eaay Payments. Immediate 

 shipment proves superior factory service. My Free 

 Book, "How To Judge Engln**," tells why I save y 

 *2S to$100. and sell you a better engine. 

 Yours for a post card. ED. H. WITTE. 



WITTE ENGINE WORKS, 



3730 Oakland .. KansaiCity.Mo. 

 3730 Empire Bldg., rTOsburgh.Pa. 



: ENCE 



"Same in Sunshine or Rain" 

 \ Says Col. Experience: 



"I have managed to keep my 

 eyet and eart pretty wide 

 open tfiee many year* and 

 here im what I've found out: 

 Through fair weather and 

 through rain, through Jan- 

 uary** blizzards and July's 

 boiling sun, Peerlett Fenc- 

 ing Stay* Put." 



PEERLESS 



is s name that stands for much value to 

 every farm owner, and is worthy of your fullest 

 confidence. 



Peerless means Fencing and Gates of solid, 

 heavy-gauge, open hearth steel wires, woven 

 with a close, firm mesh, perfect rust resisting 

 and anchored to stay by the famous Peerless 

 Tie. Proof: Seventeen years of daily service on 

 farms throughout the country. 



Peerless costs less per rod than any other high 

 grade Fencing and you '11 find a Peerless Fence or 

 Gate for every farm purpose. 



Write for our big, free catalogue listing our 

 entire line right now before you forget it. 

 PEERLESS WIRE FENCE COMPANY 

 2M Michigan St.. Adrian, Mich. 



In Fresno and King Counties 



San Joaquin Valley 

 California 



Ideal land for alfalfa, grain, and fruit 

 growing, stock and poultry raising. 

 One-tenth down and nine easy annual 

 payments on balance at 6 per cent. 

 In good farm neighborhood, close to 

 market. Over 15,000 acres of choice 

 land, at very reasonable prices, to 

 select from. To be sure you are get- 

 ting what you want, you may lease 

 for one, two or three years, with op- 

 tion to purchase on above terms. 

 Write for details of this attractive 

 method of buying on terms in reach 

 of anyone. You could ask for no 

 fairer deal. San Joaquin Valley is in 

 the heart of winterless California. 

 Forty acres enough, and should pay 

 for itself in five years. You can start 

 here with only $1,000 and make good. 

 I will gladly place you in touch with 

 those having the lands for sale. This 

 Is such an easy way to get a Califor- 

 nia farm that my advice is to act 

 quickly. C. L. SEAGRAVES, Indus- 

 trial Commissioner, A. T. & S. F. 

 Ry., 2284 Ry. Exch., Chicago. 



The Cherokee Land, Irrigation and 

 Investment Company of Wilmington, 

 Kansas, has filed articles of incorpora- 

 tion with the Texas Secretary of 

 state. The Texas office of the com- 

 pany is located at Merrill. S. V. Big- 

 arers of Morrill is the Texas agent of 

 the company. 



Under authority from the Secretary 



of the Interior the.U. S. Reclamation 

 Service has awarded contract to Fair- 

 banks, Morse & Co. of Denver, Colo., 

 for furnishing pumping machinery 

 for the Yuma Valley drainage plant, 

 Yuma Irrigation Project, Arizona. 

 The pumps are of the screw type with 

 related apparatus. The contract price 

 is $23,290.50. 



Grass Seed Drill 

 broadcast. 



"One-Half the Alfalfa Seed 

 Sown is Wasted Every Year" 



This statement has been made by many recognized 



Alfalfa experts men who know what they are talking about. 



They say that they se cured bet- 

 ter stands of AAlfalfa with 10 A Ibs. of seed, 

 drilled with the J Superior Special I Alfalfa and 

 I than with 20 Ibs. 1 of seed sown 



THE SUPERIOR 20 X 4 SPECIAL ALFALFA AND GRASS SEED DRILL 



There are 20 discs on this machine set 4 inches apart. The con- 

 struction is such that all the seed is sown at an even depth, and 

 an equal amount of seed in every furrow. 



None of the seed is wasted, when drilled in the ground 

 with a Superior Alfalfa and Grass Seed Drill 



REJUVENATES OLD ALFALFA FIELDS 

 RENEWS OLD PASTURES AND MEADOWS 

 PRODUCES BEST STANDS OF MILLET 

 INCREASES YIELDS OF WINTER WHEAT BY 

 CULTIVATION and SOWS CLOVER AT SAME TIME 



Saves More Than Two Dollars an Acre on 

 Seed Alone 



Send for Superior Alfalfa Drill folder 

 and read the strong warranty 



Co to your local dealer and ask to see the Superior Special Alfalfa 

 and Grass Seed Drill: If he will not supply your needs, we will. 



THE AMERICAN SEEDING-MACHINE CO., Inc. 



SPRINGFIELD, OHIO 



FREE AcopyoP'Boyd's Farmai' Alfalfa Guide," price10c,wfll be mailed free to 

 any reader of Irrigation Age who will write (or the book and mention Irrigation Age. 



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