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Show U. S. OFFIGIAL GIVES VIEWS ON DRAINAGE Mr. J h Burkholdor. EiiKln.UT In chargo of drainage work fo. tl.o U S. ltQclnmatlgn Service and whwo office Is in Donvi-r, Colonilo, utter fiullng eight days wl U Huni.hry En "Nts In tho examination of dtaln ".g 1 'ojects was met by tho Itepuoll-c.iu Itepuoll-c.iu man and had th' Showing t Anor spending eight Jnv, .t, Lo-'.n Lo-'.n wd vicinity In impoctlng drainage drain-age conditions with H.iiiuire.s Dm.. I want to say that I ha-o seldom eeon a locality where draih.i.. Is rt,oro badly needed and wlw thd benefits bene-fits from properly dojigr.cl Jralns vlli be greater. Tills la especially trtio In tho Lewlston, Cornuh. Ircnfm and Benson, Hyde Park .Ihtilcts ...."Drnlnngo Is tho nntttral conioqu-enco conioqu-enco of Irrigation on a iargy scalo and tho damago wroug it by waterlogging water-logging and tho attending nso of alkali al-kali can bo successfullj romimtui only by deep ..drainage.-. This ..hns been proven In practlca.'y oory Irrigated Ir-rigated section of Wo item United States as well as in foreign coun trios. Drainage 1ms become ..necessary ln seventeen of tho twenly-soven lrilga-tlon lrilga-tlon projects constructed by tho Federal Government and ap iroxlm.tt-oly iroxlm.tt-oly ono million dollars Is now being sent each year on this feature of Irrigation. Ir-rigation. Unfortunately drainage Itsolt does not reclaim alkali lands. It onl makes reclamation possible and after dralnago it is necessary to wash tho harmful salts from the surfaco back into tho soil beyond tho roach of plant roots. Because of this draluage should not bo longdelayed. It Ik more conomtcal to prevont damage than to remedy tho harmful condition condi-tion brought qn by a b,tgh water 'table. "Whoro sandy soils' prodomlnnto and the alkali accumulations aro not cxccsslvo as is generally tho case In this locality drains are usually vory offectlvo and tho land may be entirely entire-ly and quickly reclaimed. Another hopeful note is tho fact that drained drain-ed land as a rule Is lastingly productive produc-tive and with tho menaco of seopigo removed great Incroaso in valuo nicy be anticipated "As to your specific problem in tho drainage districts now organized at Trenton. Cornish. Lewlston and Bensnn-Hydo Park, It 1b my opinion that each project Is feasible except that Lewlston should Includo tho entire fleat and that drainage work should bo pushed. Only by prompt action can many of tho lands In theso districts bo kept from becoming nl-aklled. nl-aklled. Bond Issues of present dato will not becomo duo until benefits aro realized and tho Increased protection pro-tection will soon pay tho cost of drainage. Morcovor tho present time Is auspicious for accomplishing accomplish-ing work at nn economical cost and It seems fair to anticipate higher prices for farm proilucts In tho near future at which tlmo maximum pofits can only be secured by the productive lands i |