Show WOULD ADD MILLIONS TO UJ An WEAL TU Reclamation of Our AI AlKali Lands TaKen Take Up in BanK Letter Leter SUCCESS PROVEN IN VAR VARIOUS SECTIONS Property Prop Lying Idle Made Productive by Proper Treatment Wo We do not offer er this lett letter r as a monograph on the o. o subject of alkali lands runs the sentence of the National Copper bank letter for February f but as an emphatic tive answer to the recurring question queston Can Alkali AkaU Lands Lands Bo Reclaimed Time letter h issued b by the banking institution institution in in- this month is i one of the thc most important from an industrial standpoint standpoint stand stand- point poin that it has as yet ct put forth a amay amay may readily be seen from the time forc foregoing oin assertion The l contends 3 that that it itis itis itis is possible to reclaim to their former usefulness all al the so called aled waterlogged water Jo logged ed lands in the state and amid in ad all addition I to convert con ert into into- fertile fields nil all al the alkali lands on which it is possible to got ct water and drain it off t. t Since irrigated lands land in Utah arc are worth anywhere from front lOO to 50 an acre acre or more depending Jar largely el ou ott situation sit sit- and other circumstances and since there thre arc thousands bouan s of acres of land that fulfill the conditions discussed in the letter leter it i will wil be seen teea that if i the conclusions by drawn drawn drawn-by b the tho writer wrier ol ot 01 the letter arc are correct it is possible to add millions of ot dollars not to tho the resources but even to the annual anUal production production pro pro- of the s state ti co coAs As an instance may be he cited the alkali alkali al al- al- al kali kal lands between Salt Lake City and anti Great Salt l like lake ke for which there i is probably plenty pIcot of water an available to iri irrigate atc every acre This laud if fertile fer tile te and productive would woul be e worth as a much as J land nd in any direction equally near to the city cit aud and under water In Tn discussing the subject time the letter says rays in part Were Where Success Has Come A piece of or land in tm r county count was T S i with Ih hardpan bogged o that list It I could not b be HilI heilI heavily crusted with ih alkali lk I yet el by ly the time experiment m ment nt station engineers rs IP moved the tho al- al call kaht and amid th the hOJ bogged od condition and mado made he tIme thE field feld productive Land land near neal Utah at Rt 25 25 23 per acre sold for I 1 tom four years TI after arter drainage work vork wa was bc begun un and p paid ld excellent profits In the meantime Us Us' reclamation cost 13 1350 O an nero Another Cache county count farm un at nn any Will was drained ti amid ind i is now no- valued at an acre The work orl cost only l 60 per acre i iLand Land In Sf Sevier county count drained at a acost j I cost of or 1402 p pem- pem r acme acie lose In value fiam 2 5 to U I. I j I Draining Cos Costs Estimated f The average coSt coat of or drainIng runs imis I Irom rom from 1350 1360 13 O to 21 1 per tier acre This OO ieee B Blot not lot apply appt- appt alone to lo land lani water ater logged by Irrigation For Instance tIme the government o has r reported that ninety square miles of or he the alkali rats between this city ell elland and the thc Great t f Salt alt lake tAke can be drained for tOr about Il JIG 15 per acre The l land hand I Is pm aluch valueless valueless' t now but Is capable of high de development de- de t t. t Farming on oti IA nd h heavily a II J ed has bc bIn bee n attended with notable riots nota ble success for Irrl supplier rl enough enouch h water to wash wah the surplus of salt RIt don clown Into nto the soil Foil beyond ond lh the point where re the the- could damage Gc crops crop But Bul irrl s ave ha I l Ah always Y h been too loo lal lavIsh h hith with ith water r. r I What Too Much Water Docs Does j The Is II that though hough h the lie I natural 1 drainage c capacity of our deep tl P. P I loo rich t soils Is If for rOl the tue most p part art ut ex cx cx- cx I nto It i is overtaxed and th the tue waters r percolating ard final forum form MI ln underground Ir 1111 rr reservoir i r 1 r whose ho I level I steadily rises ices until h when n It conies cOllies within three or om- four fp feet feel l of or the the time P slants hints mysteriously JUIte l wither either unlit under the osmotic pressure or r sucking power powei- of It th th ho salt t i. solutions t much as s meat shrinks when whelm placed In and anil th then n he the land is i abandoned Xo 0 o lens hess le l hat harm Is hi don done rione by tw ti the tact fact th that t tIme the ater vater Ills hIlls th lie till tiny UnO nir spores II literally I I the tho rootlets tv i the work ork of r lh thin the b cleila Canal seepage rr hp hi haM Ill been ilam d for fimi- 11 time hp 1 of Clr lands land hut hot the tho from that t source I Is 11 with I limo Iho h 1 t d h by hv o Ia lion 4 j t Made Mado Rainfall This cannot be br too tron I stated staled An in extreme a ease Js is Imo kuo where n a fal mer mr u ud i ed a toini slept phi ic-phi f or ohio t f ct pt of or r tom fop on on fI seasons season's Rf- Rf I that thit th the annual rainfall in Jn the Mississippi IF l Is II ont n about forty and amid nd Imagine ImaI If Ir you cin ii a n suc- suc with l of or 2 I ers t-ers cop c crop ct rali raise eil a R dur during n thin season s' alone om Fi t two o to twenty the proper amount of water Vater in it lined a and nil that too without sufficient drainage eo I It Il Is I that 1000 apr acres of r and In alone have jH b been ruined In I J Ju u t l this fashion and CO C lIlIc valley his hils 1 contribute l It quota rh The othor western J states h have iise p th th s uie story Ol Olto to I tell In n I fart fact in any climate at whether dry or Hr hu humid mid r land Ian nay be beom om hU 1 th tIme tho e I N is Insufficient to cop cope with the rainfall rl or nr irrigation Ii l 0 n. n as tIme the case nut may be Such Stir salt 1 or III spots occur tot for Instance In tIme the Mississippi IJ valley an and i andIn In Jim lh the rice j n field ld of the C Alkali Only a Symptom I It lt will b 10 soen II then the that the time r r- r rt ral al t tiou- tiou le L-le le with the time alkali alkali- land Is not alkali at atall I nil all but limit nn n ater that has hall rl n lo TIme The 11 alkali t enough h 1 I the LIme lUt rash IMS' 1 of or th the In measles f el but a t symptom of or the Ue dU- dU ease The rime cure I Is oh h obviously u h ili c. c and If It this thU I H is provided the Zhi just just as RS naturally as U Jl came cAllie |