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DRAIN 80,000,000
Next Gongress to Pass Bill Simi
lar to Irrigation Act.
~ TO MAKE SPLENDID FARMS
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Annual! Income Is Estimated at $l,-
500,000,000 for Rough Crops.
“ Two and a Half Million Acres of
Swamp Land in Georgia. Thirty-
Nine States Have Swamp Areas.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.—The
agitation which has been going on
for three years in favor of reclaim
ing swamp lands is beginning to
¢laim the attention of certain govern
ment officials again, and it is proba
ble that a new campaign will be
waged in congress next winter upon
the subject by the introduction of
the old bills, the making of speeches
and\the possible passage of one or
more measures having this object in
view.
The Geological Survey, especially
Herbert M. Wilson, is deeply inter
ested in the subject, and very con
vincing reports have been submitted.
Representatives in congress from
Minnesota, Louisiana and other states
have been long of the opinion that
the government could well spend
some money in draining swamps as
well as irrigating the dry plains, and
in the last two congresses bills have
been introduced seeking to divert
some of the public money in this
direction.
Irrigation a Great Success.
Under the wise direction of the
reclamation service the waste places
of the west are being rapidly trans
formed into prosperous homes
through the building of great gov
ernment irrigation works to provide
water for parched soil.
One hundred and fifty million
acres is the approximate area of the
waste lands in the I'mited States
which are possible of rezlamation and
of being brought into a state of ex
traordinary fertility and productive
ness. .
They afford about equal opportu
nity for the two classes of improve
ments, irrigation and drainage. If
anything drainage should be the
more popular and the more benefi
cent, for the reason, first, that the
swamp areas are generally in the
midst of a mrore or less populous ter
ritory, with transportation facilities
already developed, and, secondly,
that the engineering problems in
volved are comparatively simple and
the cost of reclamation is much lower
than by irrigation. :
Cost of Drainage.
The average cost of irrigation re
clamation thus far undertaken by
the government amounts to about
$3O an acre. The cost of drainage
reclamation will not exceed, accord
ing to official estimates for most of
the projects, $5 to $6 an acre.
Such reclaimed lands will compare
favorably with the best cultivated
lands in the east and should event
ually reach a value ranging from
$5O to s2uvv an acre, based upon the
present value of lands which have
been already drained and farmed.
_Estimating on but $lOO as a basis
and assuming that 60,000,000 are re
claimed, we would have a total land
valuation of $6,000,000,000 for our
present worthless swamps and at a
cost of construction of one-twentieth
of this amount. Divided into 40-
acre farms the unit proposed in a
drainage bili reported favorably in
the last congress, this would give the
United States an increased farm pop
ulation ef from seven to eight mil
lion. :
With an average of but $25 per
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lacre annually, which is a fair esti
mate for rich bottom land rough
crops, to say nothing of the growing
fruits and vegetables, we would have
a $1,500,000,000 increase over our
present annual farm production. We
should add a territory to our pro
ductive farm domain greater than the
combined states of Indiana and Illi
nois.
Florida's Swamp Area.
Florida leads in swamp area with
18,500,000 aeres. Louisiana comes
next with 9,600,000 acres. Arkansas
has 5,700,000, Migsissippi a like
area, uiichigan nearly 5,000,000,
Minnesota about 4,000,000, Wiscon
sin 2,800,000; Maine, New Hamp
shire and Georgia each 2,500,000;
South Carolina 1,750,000, New York
over 1,500,000, Virginia and Alaba
ma over 1,000,000 each, and so on
down.
There are 39 states which have
swamp areas which may be figured
in the tens of thousands of acres.
Not much has been actually ac
complished in the way of giving di
rection to a national drainage poliey.
In the first session of the last con
gress several drainage bills were in
troduced, followed by Representative
Steenerson’s (Minnesota) general
bill, moddled closely aff®r the irriga
tion law. In the second session Sen
ator Flint of California introduced
practically the same bill in the sen
ate, and it received a unanimously
favorable report.
Like the Irrigation Law.
This bill provides for the applica
tion to drainage of the same system
that is now applied to irrigation.
The receipts from all sales of gov
ernment lands in all the public land
states other than those known as re
clamation (irrigation) states and ter
ritories are to be set aside as a gen
eral drainage fund. The cost of the
drainage is all to be paid back to the
government in ten annual install
ments.
The bill also provides a straight
appropriation of $2,000,000 as a loan
from the government to the drainage
fund.
In the first session of the present
congress these bills, slightly modi
fied, were reintroduced and it was
made clear that opinion in congress
favored a general drainage law.
The cost of the reclamation work
is not so heavy per acre as in irriga
tion, for it is simpler and requires no
great dams and reservoirs. The most
of it is through soft soil, and it is
mostly simply dredging and steam
shovel cutting, allowing bigger diteh
es and less expensive methods. ’
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RIDDING ROADS OF STORM AND
UNDERGROUND WATER.
Thoughtful Paper Sent Out By United
States Office of Public Roads.
Bulletin on Concrete Drains.
With an average of 27,000 tons
of water falling in the form of rain
on each mile of public road in the
United States annually it is scarcely
to be marvelled at that the ten com
mandments of the road builder can
be summed up succinctly in the word
‘“‘drainage.”
The saying has truth for a basis,
as good drainage is the primary
requisite for all roads. Even in
sand roads this holds true, for there
‘‘good drainage’ means such as will
safely remove the storm water with
out erosion or gullying and still re
‘tain the surface moisture.
To secure good drainage one must
take into consideration both the sur
face water and the underground wa
ter. The surface water must be re
moved quickly and combpletely and
without subjecting the road to ex
cessive scour or erosion. For this
reason the center of the road should
be raised and the slope towards the
side ditches should be from one-half
to one inch to each foot distance, or
so that the water will run freely to
the side ditches and not flow down
the road or remain in puddles on the
roadway. The side ditches should be
of ample size to care for the severest
storms with a fall of not less than
six inches to each 100 feet. Fre
quent and ample cross drains should
be constructed and every opportunity
taken to get the water away from
the road as quickly as possible. Any
road along which Vou see water
standing in the side ditches or on
which puddles of water have col
lected or which has been badly gul
lied and eroded by the rains has poor
drainage and is in need of immediate
attention. In fact, earth roads near
ly always require a little attention
after each rain. The split-log drag
is essentially a tool to maintain good
drainage on our earth roads, and
should be used after each rain. On
a heavy clay or gumbo sofl the drag
when properly used tends to puddle
the road surface, keep it free from
ruts, dense, smooth and hard, thus
securing the best surface drainage
possible.
But in many places the under
ground water is too near the surface
and must be removed before a good
road will -be possible. This means
that some form of sub-drainage must
be resorted to, usually tile drains,
of clay or concrete. Water from
whatever source must be gotten rid
of effectively, for water plus clay or
gumbo invariably equals mud when
mixed in spring and summer. Water
becomes ice in winter and as water
in Tfreezing expands one-eighth its
volume the road heaves out of shape
and when the ice melts the road dis
appears beneath the rising tide of
mud constantly fed by rains, melt
ing snows and underground springs.
In seepy and boggy places the sub
drainage in order to be fully effect
ive should lower the water level to
not less than three feet below the
road surface. If tiles are used they
should be earefully laid, true to
grade. Most failures in tile drain
age can be attributed to carelessness
in laying, or too flat grade. Tile
less than four inches in diameter
should rarely be uséd, nor should a
grade of less than six inches to the
100 feet be used unless absolutely
necessary. In a very dense soil it is
always advisable to cover the tile to
at least a depth of six to twelve
inches with coarse sand or fine
gravel. Care should always be taken
to secure a free outlet for the drains
and to protect the outlet with a con
crete bulkhead or catch basin, which
can always be kept clean and the
outlet free.
- The kind of tile to be used de
pends on local conditions. Concrete
tile if properly made are equally as
good as clay tile. Which kind to use
is entirely a local question of dollars
and cents. If concrete tile can be
made more cheaply than clay tile
can be had use concrete; if not use
clay tile.
One great advantage of the con
crete tile is that they can be easily
made by the local users at or near
the place where they are to be placed,
so that the freight charges are dis
pensed with as well as the large
breakage 18%ses due to handling.
Placed in the ground both are dura
ble. If concrete is used great care
should be taken to see that a good
grade of Portland cement is selected,
and that the drains are properly con-,
structed. The impression, which pre
vails to some extent, that tile dis
integrates is erroneous.
A bulletin is now in course of
preparation by the United States
office of public roads telling- how tb
make concrete drains. This bulle
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plaining carefully every point that
may arise in making drain pipes and
culverts.
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