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<br />.....t""\..., <br />l~ I I <br /> <br />(Inventory of physical fee tors) <br /> <br />-. <br /> <br />Drc.inngo <br /> <br />Drainage fc.oilities vary trom good for c mejority of tho cree to <br />nono nt 0.11 for 0. 8JIll'.1l pc.rt of tho t'.ren. Much of tho bottomlc.nd is low <br />and sooped. Somo of it can bo oconomically drninod, end some cannot. <br />Overflow is common in the low bottonlnnds. On tho uplnnds both surfnoo <br />I1nd subsurfaoo drni mgo is good. excopt for dopressions nnd tlc. t Corocs. <br /> <br />Tho Buffalo Cannl nroc., whioh is just nbove tho rivor noar tho <br />Stato lino, irrigc.tos soma lc.nd oonsiderod to~ornrily nonirrigc.blo duo <br />to n high water tc.blol howovor, this lc.nd could bo drninod nnd 1'0- <br />claimed.. <br /> <br />Sovernl drninngo ditchos nro in oporntion under tho Holbrook Cannl <br />and ollFty into Chorew Lake. Thoso hnvo boon partio.lly sucoossfUl. <br /> <br />- -- - - -- - .. - -- <br />-- ---- ------- -- -.,. ~------ ----- <br /> <br />I=o,":~', <br />!~--------= <br />---. <br /> <br />- ~Mdittom1'=drii,ino.goo;fo.ci-H-t;io~~o.ro=_no't, rocOlIllOO ndod_ or~_~ood.od'~or_ _ <br />1;lici-:up.liili!s'-iIll,i!Qr-tlio-Fort:=Lyp~Cnn;,J.=-l>tiIf 'SoniC 15cittoiiil-o.nds~ ffOOd"t-O"_Do"c C,' <br /> <br />~ili}l~:-~~~~~~~;tn~_~~~'t=-~:~~-}S~~_~~~l}_o~:~- ~_ _~_~~ ~~~~~~~' <br /> <br />c <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-For :':tbo--i.lpl}.hds --u~or--tiWc.Ani-ty ca:re.I,~i 1:-1 s,~roi:oIiUindod::thnt-lld.. _ _u <br />ditional draino.go fo.cilitios bo providod, ns some of the llTOo. nocds <br />proteotion from seop nM can bo so.vod or cven roclaimod with propor <br />hand1ing. SOIIIO drninngo probloJ:l8 nro onoountorod et tho oc.so of slopos. <br /> <br />So.lini t~ and o.lkc.l1ni ty <br />, <br /> <br />Snl1nity o.nd alkelini ty vnr10s with soil toxturo, topogro.phy. c.nd <br />dro.inago, Salinity tests show 0. toto.l solublo SCl.lt contont ro.nging <br />from n traco to ovor ~.6 porcont. 411 'Class 1 land contnins loss than <br />,.2 percont totel soluble snlt and cll,ClC.As ~ lc.nd~ loss tho.n.5 poroen~. <br />Vory f<1W 8CU so.mple8 woro fOlud withe p of moro th.:m 9.0. NuocrO\ls <br />soall c.roc.a non!' 01' c.djnoont to tho .L.rko.nso.s Rivor prosont tho greo.test <br />scJ.ini ty problom, Those lends tend to Qosoopod or nlkc.li o.rflictcd duo <br />to draina,ga ~rOn'highor lands. <br /> <br />It tins notod tho.t o.1ko.linity wo.s of ton high on lo.nd lying o.bov6 <br />=in cc.noJ.s. Just, oolow tho oc-nalll whoro ,irrigc.tion hns boon ppc.cticod <br />tar ctlny YOllTS, tho rJI was between .8.4 o.nd 8",8, ,This i4 evidence thtlt <br />tho irri gc.ti on wc.tor which contc.ins lmogoquc.ntj,ties ofco.loilll:1 Bulfnte <br />has tendod to countorno1: tho tllko.linity or sodium cnrbonnto 'ori~wly <br />present 1n the nonirrigntod land. ' <br /> <br />.------ <br /> <br />____n_ u..___ __,___ ___ m_ ---<<-22--, ___ ___ ________ <br />