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Show RECLAMATION WILL INCREASE ACREAGE Soils Department of the Iowa College Will Make Suggestions Sugges-tions on Best Methods. Such wa'-le bind as Is represented by the eroded, sain!..-, arid, gumbo, hardpan, pent, alkali and "push" soils of the state need not be "dead capital," capi-tal," as is most often the ease ,,u farms in Iowa where such hind occur. The soils section of the agricultural experiment station at Iowa state college col-lege has shown how much of this waste land can be made very productive produc-tive and profitable. The department has worked out methods: of successful success-ful soil management and stands ready to suggest to owners of such land tho best treatment for their particular type of "dead capital" soil. "A little planning and careful work in reclaiming such lands will mean au increase of acreage of from ." to 1(1 per cent on many farms," says W. IL Stevenson, of the department. |