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Show I IU U S StKrt Starts Alkali Alkab Wa.r War WarTo . To Improve West's Wests We t ' ' FA F mu - - ' A comprehcntlve cmpn"henslve cmpnhenslve enmprehenslve . ( ) " prorram program for forthe forthe I the Improvement 1mprovement of wetem wf'stem wfstem western ' * farm farmling farming farmInK ing conditions b } stopplni stopping the ' pX ex excessive excea&lv excealv ling cesslve cessive , & accumulation of alka.11 alka11 aJk.a1l aJka1l alkali . . was wasannounc wasannounced wa waannounced announc announced by the U S B Depart DepartI Department Departmcnt Departmerit ment mcnt ; of Airlculture Agriculture last week Be ac Becording according accordlnr I cording to an Associated Press dispatch dJs dis dJspatch dispatch patch from Washlnrfbn WashIngtOn D C CCooperatlnr CCooperating COocperattng Cooperatlnr Cooperating Oocperattng with the federal BKricultural all sa sarlcultural : ricuJtural rlcultural department under the thelstr thegen thegeneral gen general ral direction of Dr 0 O C Ma Mag MagIstrad l Istrad lstr trad d re recently ently chief of the HaaU Haw Ha\\ Ha Has \ aU all aUExper1ment allExperiment allExperiment Exper1ment Experiment Station are th the ! ' ele\ ele elev eleen eleven eleven \ en land rrant grant state states and Hawa1 Hawaii Hawa1The HawaiiThe HawaiiThe ! The land grant states tin tec besides utahare Utahare Utah Utahre are re Arizona Artwna California Coloraao ColoraaoIldahO ColoraaoIdaho ColomooIdaho Idaho Montana Nesada Ne < , ada d Ne\\ Ne New NeMl'xlco NewMexico Ne NeMexico \ IldahO Mexico Ml'xlco Mlxlco ' OreKon Oregon Washlncton Washington and andWyoming andWyoming andWyomint andWyomintAirriculture Wyoming WyomingAgTfcultuTf WyomingAgriculture Airriculture AgTfcultuTf Agriculture ' department t"xperts txperts experts t"xpertssav expertssay " experttsay sav say there thrre are nearly 20 20000000 000000 000 000 acretfarrnoed acrf'S acrfS acres acrf'Sfarmt'f'd acresfarmeed ' farmt'f'd farmtfd farmeed ' imder undl'r undlr under ' lrrlK Irrigation llon In 1n the thef theaestern aestern \ > . f p stern lf'rn lfrn sternitAtes < ; ' -itAtes itAtes states - < ; ta , t.1'e t.1e t1e . ' ; and that about halttl half halftI halfti tI at Ls 1 . < ; flireatened thrf'atened thrfatened threatened ' by Jkall a.Ikali aIkali alkali . depoa depOt depoe ! la is . , There are n also aso ] Uut 1 1re largo ; . L areu "fUS fUS areas " ofIrnciU of oftrrfa ofsound sound soundand trrfa b1e * lan ) thftt tbat an . n nat tw Uy Uysalin Uyulin salin and t.n4 tn4 . froca tmn from wtaliih whl4h wbi h th the alUlI alkali alkalimust alkalimust alUlImust must ke be rem removed v4 ky by "leachlni leachlni "leach1nll leach1nll "leaching leaching " ' ' ' or ordrainage rdralnaf i idrainage drainage before tT * th the land can Cn ' . ! beused be beused beused used ror for f r cropc crops It wu was fated tated stated ( , also alsothat alsothat aUohat beI I that ( pf often ten n reels red.a reda reclamation . att01) att01 anon ) of land and andof anddralnay ( > of f trt-trated trt trated IrtJpted hflgated , - land contaminates con- con contaminates ( n-tftmlnat n tftmlnat - taminates water auppUes euppUes supplies downstream downstream down- down downtream - tream stream I IActual treamActual streamActual Actual retearch research wlU win will 6 start ( art rt in Jan- Jan January January Jan January - uary 1939 and headquartere headQuartel'8 headQuartel8 headquarters ' for forthe forthe forthe the activities wlU win will be in the th Rubl- Rubl Rubi- Rubi Rubidoux Rubl-doux Rubl doux - - RublI doux Laboratory at the Umvertltyof Umversltyof Ul11verslty Umverslty I , of California . . I |