| Show fT I t A i ii i t Alkali In The Arid R 1 I U I l interview I I In 1 n number of opera to the th effect that sooner nr later lator the J i I cr problem will result In hI hIj j the undoing of nC the Iho neat le III u IL which hat hall I many persons who lire are I lul hul that the thu om em embarking f barking upon Irrigation development la Is Into nn an unknown awl dan serous enterprise A well kwIn acl too modest however to ahoy allol the tho wan uen of his hIli name In 1111 Inter Interview Interview view III at nn 14 countries aro ruined or Inter hy by sue Irrigation atlon hi only In what the lIe toll coli humid or h irnI 1 re glona where the tho Is III natural from clouds to aen K a When the tho from lawn down n few feet Into the surface oll and then hy by rises to the Iho surface anti la 18 It with It tho sally JOUR lint and there on an In of nUs or alkali the aur facer foce Th The or of most moat crops hug hUK hUKI the tho upper few fow Inches s of anti soli where the Ihl alkali and ami In tune kills I them will ha have I a t r ob ton j I before It II Inn hD when the tho arId 1 regions have by y short sighted booming a beN beets tilled up with frith n II which 11 will viii finally discover that what nt at that t j I seema to In he a moat s sor or of farming hi 18 n a delusion of line taros have huo been Il he enuse of alkali rii Ing In the soli oll more Inore will be In Inthe the Ihu MillO na 11 amt tho ed cd farms of Nil tl the they Will nover net er be again h by on any one uno desir desirIng Ing to get Het hack to 10 mother mothe earth Ion toll foil by the or of Meen rue fhe valley lIlIlY ut of the Nile hu escaped there place there thoro every year n thorough flooding which wa hos down through the tho lowest depths hs ot of tho rho soil and cleans It or of nil mitt salts that are obnoxious There are fow foty Places In our western where this Inn can bu some Is discovered for removing alkali the ro Ie atilt Is III In III the tho end a and 1111 It inevitably tunes soon oon Or latel latelA late lateA A more Interview ryas never printed Anti And It con loins enough in III tact to make It I III highly I I Alkali there Is throughout the tho vest In manY places In such largo proportions its 1111 to 10 calille nun r m antI tear fear for Cor the m future ot of irrigation It tuns that the trouble ell II II to 10 treatment dy solved limo tho problem and the growing population or of the region will twill hn have ve no such discovery to In make IlInko n as the anonymous t Who Is the who mode the tho state statement mont ment Sec Sheen when wIlen the tho antler Was 1111 called to his I his Yell ho he must have or of lack ot of dence Bence In hip hie n ability II to tn UJ UI h Is Thoe Is 18 In them lute 1110 soils bureau ot of this hall been studying alkali problem In ht the neat for years con and our expert meats have Iline that ordinary under coupled with Ilond bag Ing will reclaim the tho lands this has been heen known for forn n Ion long tune but two ho have 0 gone to wor worIn work lu In n flu of In III Utah tile h Call Cal I Arizona and other well tern points Lord et ed the tho The department scientists have studied our alkali lion tlona II ot at Irrigated COy cov ur over acres of All As a L matter motter of nt fart the tho or of the Nile lies not Largo tracts hn have 1 h iron n tar tor years because of the tho sad It Is Isu only recently that u boa proceed ed ad to these Innis to agriculture n II limns lit 11 charge or of the tho work ot of time uC of recently monde n II trip to lie fount found undergoing ton Luke neur the Nile Is IsI Isan an I old bed hed ot of noes lying or four feet lI sea a level leel Beron to re commenced It nas I n dr dry salt tn In summer upon nh ab nothing would groty anti In winter with n a tel s of strong alkali wl water ter Today ono one secs green greeh luxuriant cops or of cotton colton corn clover anti upon links once barren The rho reclaimed land Is 18 wurth from to OO all an acre In ht another rolon of the lower Nile delta Means found acres undergo undergoIng In Ing n II system 11 of oC flooding out the tho X NIS of salts rime rhe first and second years cars after th the washing gross cotton cutton dover clover rice etc are nrc planted Mr III Means in his report There Is 11 1 a greet glent donl ot of of this In III lover Its Ita reclamation Is being coaled on In most places with anti lit at a t profit The lE of nf land tor wash lag InK costs costs even less leKs than drain tiling ns liS on eastern tarns in III the goy gO at tall Lake LIt wh c ru the narI et of o f nIk all Is III enormous the lilIes ot of tiles are uro l O feN feel apart In l Fresno Cal much alarm was 18 felt over oer the ut of mu taco ICI alkali on same somo or of the best hest landsworth and nn the government demonstration ot of ditching on the limo rott tract hl has s shown the simple arid cheap Nor Is th there Ic of oC wader It In till tenet rut ample supply of water Is Id over the tho theland land and crops planter d The water Ilc Into the tho soil dissolves huge of alkali near the collies It ort Off In but s tu to pint P Ot ert the Iho ts again used for Irrigation nm lowel le h In hi his report ot of this Mr loans so an tiled oren even If badly run be returned to cultivation In six months It if Irrigated nail within one year ear mn chit he bo used for the production ot of any ony crop suitable to the thu At the recent Irrigation congress tit nt Ogden Mr r Means delivered nn an address on title this subject in hi which ho he sail said that tho t the results of the governments work worl clearly that the ho e urea of i land In the tho west vest car can be reclaim I el cd t nt mil 1 n coat COlit tar lur t below tile actual lit er crease In thin of III time mini end and that t those thoRO lands Injured by seepage stater Ion can bo be returned to fertility unit the limo or of the rise or of entirely en obviated It Il la is thought that the I tine tUnc will soon COIne when will he ns aR In the irrigated districts U us are uro the tile fela ot of the dIll die nest r Tho rhe alleged l I states that ho has haa rater from Felt Fait Ariz show 1 7 parts ot of aol able uhle suits In n parts lIts of water mutely dangerous to plum growth rime fhe of soils lust Jul July issued n II the tho Algerian Arabs ruba are ure melons tomatoes cabbage amid other plants to by u tiring ir II which cOlli 0 front Irom to SOl Soo parts or of soluble salts lu In each part ot of later tenter the gardens he heIng Ing freely and well dm Ined The Tho alkali problem In the trist Ir one with which the tho Ir and the thc engl veer neer must contend ot of course but with iii tut or of the of thousands of years old oJ 1 h by Intelligent wor there thel J Ia nothing its In the tho to 10 entire to tho most I The country must Unfit whit national alton Is 19 e som ot ti In this country countr Irrigation Itself thelt Iii old ohl 11 Iraq Leon leen in III extensive prats for tUI 30 20 years aad that there thel ore ure tit nt present HearlY acres artificial artificially I ly Now that thin tho J corne upon the acci n r ret tco Is tl o water 1 will Irrigate rl hilt but the tho nation con d firs tt land and hind set 1101 ion who will w fI go upon It II lull t off lIlt h lit hands of lIf tits ot at III r ett t of et II I t a I tho of those alto ho are IrO interest d Iu III limo tho work It tai With time thc will t I fir with a good tn ti 13 11 OJ o I nn line acre It le Iy 11 worth to 1011 four to six elx times tho Ihu cast cos Jut flat in III this lon tit th s n tent should be tc I the r eat st extant Ito lis OWn men and when whon It made the Jen the water lIter to It Its landa land t transfer ter the the lilt settler under the told 1111 hOlne nn Hut nl at the 1111 present Lie tit fir grah hang which lit i tale under oil ou I the lI Oar J crt cd old lent late lit of every atad able t let ot of which It II Ic presumed will ever eVel seine government Irrigation It cannot t I lUll bElloe there Will b Il I la t nr o left for thin Iho melon to Its own KS j rapes I nl these theFt the tho Pt h l ea riot Cult III aft It a intent In tit tilt Irrl JaI lav 13 Cline citadel tell |
