| Show ALKALI TESTS IN SEVIER BY THE government Rich Ri clifield neld utah oct 17 0 V F brown of salt stilt lake me representing tho the experiment station bureau of thoi the interior department at washington ington D 0 C completed the preliminary in and sur euness Q S for making a drainage test of allahl brud of sc vier vier county which have been in the past abandoned on account of tw the alkali which comes to the surface from froin subin sub in ignation brown has selected two piece of land one be longing to will and tb tha other to william ogden which land I 1 lies leg i st of Ilich fild 14 for making maling ing an experimental test in tn tim reclamation work ork the land is 13 drained by means of tile drainage tho the i being laid isid in a perfectly straight line tho tito least rake or depression will causo cause tho the drain to acome choked with mud brown saas ea lie lic that all nil of the alkali land of this valley can bo be redeemed by means of flooding and drainage the hooding flooding to wash off oft tho alkali on top of tho the ground and drainage to carry il it out of the ground to drainage level tie ile says it will vill require i 1 great deal of expense to reach a between Ant iabella and richfield but it can bo be done through bove nver river these manic havi been conducted on ducted in emer enter washington cache juab and sacral other coun tics throughout the state with nith ver gratifying t tho the agricultural nf f is 14 operating cooperating co with ith alj government in lin theat the I 1 tt sta of or and they jointly I 1 bearing the expense the coat cost in fit putting tl tle ae drains fit is about 11 to the acre brown told of one case in emory county where re a year ngo ago the owner bad to pull some liora cf out of the miry ground with A drainage drai dra nag inagi system was wa put in aal ml thia summer he plowed tho eaino same laid land and culli rated with good |
