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Show THE NEED OF DRAINAGE. In another part of this paper will be found a most Interesting Interview with Mr. "Walter W. McLaughlin on the need of drainage, this need being created by the use of water on land under tillage. til-lage. Special stress Is laid In the Interview In-terview upon the drawing of alkali to the surface by irrigation, and the need of underdralnage is all the more evident, evi-dent, and Mr. McLaughlin, with other Government experts In Irrigation nnd arid Innd culture, eobks to "impress upon the people both points the need of drainage in order lo sa'e good lands now made Into swamps, and the advantage ad-vantage of underdralnage in pipes or tiling for tho purpose of keeping down the alkali. The rame story Is told from one end of tho State to the other from Cache county to Washington county, and east as far as Emery county. It Is a universal uni-versal condition. There has been over-IrrlgatlOn over-IrrlgatlOn everywhere, with the result that good lands have been ruined by the seepage, and alkali has been brought to the surface, harming the lands that are over-lrrlgatcd. A remedy la loudly demanded. When Secretary Wilson was here laet year, his attention was directly called to this trouble, and to the fact that while right of way for canals for Irrigation Ir-rigation over private land Is provided, there Is no provision for right of way for drainage. He emphatically said that this was a great mistake; that right of way was Just aa imperative for dralnoge ae for Irrigation, and that the law should be amended to provide It. And Governor Wells, who was present, pres-ent, coincided In that view. It la a point that should certainly be kept in mind, so that the Legislature may make the needed provision; and in the meantime, tho farmers should wake up to the importance of Mr. McLaughlin's presentation of facts. |