THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



165 



pass for the rehabilitation and adjustment of the 

 working element. It will fructify only in the course 

 of time. 



Shipping will be taxed to the l?st ton in trans- 

 porting the disbanded military organization and 

 the engines of war. Commerce must be subservient 

 to the needs. Even the avenues of transport must 

 undergo rejuvenation of equipment before they shall 

 be ready for unmilitary uses. 



Then what about the food question during this 

 dismemberment of Europe's human fighting ma- 

 chine? 



Without the aid of the American farmer dur- 

 ing the past three years, half of Europe might have 

 starved. With her agriculture disorganized, her 

 soil depleted and millions of her men incapacitated 

 for farm work it may well be predicted that for at 

 least two years after peace has been proclaimed, 

 Europe will be able to raise but a small proportion 

 of her necessary and adequate food supplies. 



Conditions such as these will mean that the 

 American farmer will live in prosperous times, evi- 

 denced by solid dollars and cents. During this period 

 of European agricultural reorganization it will be 

 profitable for him to increase his acreage and plan 

 to reap a maximum benefit from a world market 

 that will surely maintain prices far above the nor- 

 mal. 



With this, probably the last issue of 

 Adieu the IRRIGATION AGE to be edited at 



Chicago: this location, we bid a fond adieu 



Hurrah for. to our old publication office. There 

 Salt Lake is a note of regret at the change ; 



for many a pleasant memory hovers 

 about the old place, and many a cordial friend lives 

 in this great hive of industry known as Chicago. 



But what of Salt Lake City? 



There is a thrill, a quickening of the pulse even 

 iii the name. It stands for enterprise, progress, en- 

 deavor. It put the try in triumph. It is a city 

 wherein lie all the elements of greatness. No man 

 knows of its future, but every citizen believes in it. 



Salt Lake City will be indissolubly linked with 

 the future of irrigation. The logical center for con- 

 ferences, it is preparing to promote and encourage 

 those activities that are so vital to the work. 



In advancing its organization to this new loca- 

 tion the IRRIGATION AGE is confident that it will grow 

 in value to the irrigation world. Our present offices, 

 30 North Dearborn street, Chicago, will be main- 

 tained until May 1, 1918, and possibly indefinitely, 

 but as branch offices only. After October 15, 1917, 

 all mail should be addressed to THE IRRIGATION AGE, 

 Salt Lake City. 



Attention of readers is called to the 

 Prepare letter, appearing in this issue of the 



to Operate AGE, from Project Manager Pyle to 

 Federal the water users in the Uncom- 



Project pahgre district of Colorado. To 



those who have followed develop- 

 ments in this project the letter will prove of interest 

 as a general exposition of the problems that will 

 confront water users upon assuming control of op- 

 eration and management. 



In passing it seems pertinent to remark that 

 much credit belongs to those officials who are re- 

 sposible for the initial steps toward cooperative con- 

 trol. The subject has been approached in a care- 

 ful, businesslike way that assures eventual success 

 in the undertaking. Especial commendation at- 

 taches to the work of Mr. F. D. Catlin, of Mont- 

 rose, whose legal advice has been of inestimable 

 value and whose active participation has brought 

 intelligent and constructive results. 



Believing that our readers are interested in 

 the conditions under which water users assume 

 control, and the various steps in the transfer of 

 authorities, the Irrigation Age will continue to pre- 

 sent, from month to month, such facts and informa- 

 tion as seem worthy of publication. 



Silos Conserve E cting a silo is not so spectacu- 

 lar as shelling a trench ; but is cer- 

 tain to have an important part in 

 winning the war. We must conserve food or Uncle 

 Sam cannot supply his hungry neighbors. Here 

 the silo plays its part in world affairs. It is the 

 greatest feed saver known to farming. 



An acre of corn fodder put into the silo has 

 more feeding value than an acre of corn whose 

 stalks have been stripped of its ears and fed with 

 the meal made from the dry corn. There are several 

 reasons for this. One is that in putting corn into the 

 silo none of it is wasted. The whole corn plant, ex- 

 cept the roots, goes in and when it comes out it is 

 so palatable that the cattle, horses and sheep just 

 cannot leave it alone until the last vestige has dis- 

 appeared. 



Another economy in the use ot the silo results 

 from corn being stored at a time when it contains 

 the greatest amount of nutrients per acre. Then, 

 after the fodder is in the silo, it goes right on get- 

 ting better. It becomes even more palatable than 

 the corn was before being ensiled, tasting so good 

 in the ration that the cow or steer does not mind 

 particularly if some of the other feeds are somewhat 

 dulling to the appetite. 



In the labor saved lies further silo economy, 

 which is of great importance now. It takes no more 

 labor to put an acre of corn in the silo than to shock, 

 husk and shred it ; but the product is more valu- 

 able. 



Rats and mice cannot eat the corn that is in 

 the silo, nor wind and rain decrease its feeding 

 value. 



