| Show HARRIS TO PUBLISH BOOK ON SOIL ALKALI Professor In Experiment Station Declares Declares Declares De De- clares There Thero are Over Acres of ot I Lund Under Canal Affected ted with nith Alkali Dr F. F S. S Harris director of the Utah Agricultural exp experiment station station station sta sta- tion and professor of agronomy at atthe atthe atthe the Utah Agricultural college has just completed negotiations with John Wiley Sons Inc large publishers publishers pub publishers pub pub- lishers of strictly scientific books bools for the publication of his latest agricultural book Soil Alkali the manuscript of which he recently completed The Tho book a scientific treatise on the subject of alkali will willbe willbe be published as one of or the Wiley agricultural agricultural agricultural ag ag- ag- ag series The work covers a subject which Is 18 vital to many sections of the west and especially the Great basin area It has been estimated that about 13 per cent of the irrigated land of the United States contains sufficient al alkali alkali alkali al- al kali to be harmful This means that there are over acres of or land under present canal that are arc affected with wilh alkali There are many more million acres of alkali alka alka- li 11 land in the United States that do donot donot donot not lie He under irrigation systems Dr Harris is recognized as one atthe of at the foremost authorities on this subject today Since he assumed the position of agronomist for Utah eight years ago he nas naB given this question much attention The results results re re- ro- ro of his experimental work have havo appeared In many of the leading scientific scientific scientific agricultural journals of the I United States lIe He has also written numerous experiment station bulletins bulletins bulletins bulle bulle- tins on the subject Among the most recent Inquiries for his publications publications publications are letters from Manchuria India South America Mexico Egypt and South Africa Two years ago Dr Harris was selected selected selected se se- se- se by the Canadian Pacific Railway Railway Railway Rail Rail- way company to determine the feasibility feasibility fea fea- of oY bringing hundreds of thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of acres of land under cultivation cultivation tion lion In Canada by one of the largest single Irrigation projects yet under under- taken The land was known to contain conI contain con con- I tain alkali and Dr Harris was selected select select- ed to say whether or not successful crop production could be expected on this land under Irrigation Less than a year ago a book on sugar beets beet of which he Is the author author author au au- au- au thor was Issued by the Macmillan company This book came out at a time when the production of sugar was demanding much attention |
