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Show WORKS TO RECLAIM LANDS BY DRAINAGE Reclamation of alkali land bv the drainage syMom has not won popular favor fa-vor In Krnery county, according to Guy A. Hart, assistant In charge of the federal fed-eral drainage Investigation for l.tah, who returned yesterday from a week's visit at Huntington. -Mr. Hart has been supervising su-pervising the- installation of a cement tile drainage system on an experimental tract near Huntington. He declares the experiment of draining the bind is proving prov-ing practical, but that land owners of tho vicinity look upon it as Impractical and arc slower to take It up than wero fanners north of Snlt Iike. Tlie kind in ISmery county, epcclallv I n the valleys. sya Mr. Hart. Is so water-logged that the alkali stands on top of the ground like snow. He savs that farmers can hnnlly ralso anything except ex-cept dust, but expresses the belief that if the drainage plans are put through, the land may be made to yield good crops in 1311 and excellent crops In later years. |