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Show TO SURVEY I CACHE VALLEY I Government Experts Now On Ground H And Will Begin Survey At Once. H Entire County Will Be Exam- , Ined And Platted. Means H Much To Local H People. H J. W. Nelson of the Uureau of Soils, H Washington, U. C, has Just arrived in Lcgau for the purpose of making H a soil survey of Cacho Valley. Mr. Nelson Is preparing to begin H operations nt once nnd expects to H complete the work sometime In Do- H comber. H The woik coiiBlstB of a careful H study of nil tho different kinds of B soils in the alley under field condl- H tlons. The boII Is carefully exnmlued H to a depth of six feet to obtain Its H pliynlcal properties, alkali and vatcr H table conditions. Each kind of soil H will he shown on n map by colors. In H nddltlou'to this alt the cities, villages, . H houses, churches, schools, cemeteries, H canals, roads, and Btrcanis will be In- H tltcated. ' H Mr. E. C. Eckman of tho samo bu- H reau will bo hero soon to take up tho H work with Mr. Nelson. M This work wilt bo of great valuo to jH farmers and homeseokers In pointing 11 out the different kinds of land with lM the range of crops most profitable for ' H each kind of soil to which climatic M conditions of tho valley are favorable. ill Such Important facts as tho quantity LH and kinds of alkali present, dralnago ' fl conditions nnd Irrigation problems M are carefully Investigated and recom- ! M mendntlons made whereby advantage H may be taken of the favorable condl- H tlons and the unfavorable may be ov- J 1 ercome. M Such work will be of great value ' fl to real estate men In obtaining rell- , M able Information relative to the lands iM at thea rea surveyed. ' M The Information given la of great ' M value to Immigration nnd colonization, hpal organization, affording exact reliable u basis for the settlement of lands In M tho different parts of the country. ; H The work is being used by rail- ' M toads to aid them In fostering agrl- j M culture along tthelr existing lines and H In determining the wisdom of pro- jl Jecting their lines Into new regions. 'i H i i |