Show o 0 UTAH SENDS A TO TON OP OF SOIL 10 TO H J C. CALIFORNIA J At the tho request of the agricultural depa department of the University of f California Ii R. R A. A Hart drainage engineer engineer en en- gincer for for the United states department department depart depart- ment meat of the Interior sent one ton of or Utah soil soil on t to td C California by freight Tile The T le soil sail was taken from the alkali flats fiats on the west hvest side of ot Salt Lake It will he be use used in In rese research work being being being be be- ing done by the university on extricating extricating extricating cating alkali from soUs The extraction of alkali Is a problem problem problem lem In California which has been worked ou on for a number of oC years n Results obtained here hete nave been I tried without success there and a great greal deal of discussion has arisen between experts In the two localities Mr 1 Hart and other government experts experts experts ex ex- ex- ex hero have obtained some very Tery favorable results In drainage of land containing the black alKali The University of California has Instituted ed a fellowship for research work along these thesel lines and It is for this work the soil son samples have been re re- re qU quested sted The soil soU was shipped to the agricultural experiment station at Cal |