| Show reclaiming ALKALI ALKA LILAND LAND tests are to be mado made in sevier county two tio parcels near richfield selected for experiment all laud land of the valley can be drained successful tests in other counties 0 0 F r brown of 0 salt lake representing the experiment station bureau of the interior department at washington D C last week completed tho the investigations and surveys tor making a drainage test for or the reclamation of lands of sevier county which have been partially or wholly abandoned on account of an excessive amount cf allah coming coining to the surface from mr brown has is electea tej two parcels 0 of f land one belonging to villiam ogden and the other to will gardner northeast of richfield for making an experimental test As the season is 18 so BO far advanced that it will tie be impossible in to complete the work this year mr brown cannot undertake it without special permission chis he N will ill try to secure so that mu much gb of the work can he be finished yet this his year in this reclamation work the land is drained by means of tile drainage ibe tiles must bu be laid in EL a perfectly straight line the least raise or do depression will cause the drain to become choked with mud mr brown expressed sed the bullet belief that all the alkali lands of this valley could be redeemed by moans means of flooding and drainage the flooding to wash off the alkali on top ot of the ground and drainage to carry it out of the soil down to lo drainage level it will require a groat deal of work and expense to roach reach a level that x v afford a practical drainage from lands between richfield and annabelle annabella but it can b tie 3 done through cove river abeso experiments have been conducted in emery washington juab cache and other counties counti eq with ver gratifying rc results the ibo experiment opTime nt station of tho the agricultural college of utah is operating cooperating co with the government in making these experiment 3 and tests testa and they are jointly bearing l the expense of tho the same the cost of putting in drains draing is about fla 15 to the acre mr brown cited one case i in almery county where a year ago the owner of a certain piece of land had to pull some of his horses out ont of the miry ground with ropes A drat drainage g system ys was put in n and this year yea th the is land could be plowed and cultivated |
