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<br />-e <br /> <br />166t <br /> <br />(Projoct lands) <br /> <br />Tho uplond, which conprisos most of tho presontly irricntod o.roa, <br />is Gontly rollinr; to levol and h."\s bood to oxcellent topo,;raphy. Dro.ins <br />and crooks cross tho nroo. on thoir way to tho i~knnso.s Rivor. Good sur- <br />fnco drnino.Go is provided by tho moderate, unifer~ slopo of tho lo.nd to- <br />ward tho creoles !l.ild rivors.' Some low spots of nourly lovol land ure <br />found on tho creok and river bottoms thut h'we poor surfo.co drnin......;;o. <br /> <br />Dra1no."o <br /> <br />1=--- <br />- , <br /> <br />In tho rivor betton, surfo.ce nnd subsurfuco drain"-r;o is poor. On <br />land fnrthor bc.ck fron tho river, draino.he is good oxcopt whuro hcavy <br />textu.9cl._ s_ubsoils prevail._ _ riighi~SJ.oP.iDf;~lunLin~thocllroa -is,,-w.<l:l-l,. ___ <br />d_r~!nc<!,- ]:lr:'~"';-;Q_ 'if.orks~mvo=b~_~r\::::i!:ls:t_a.l1od -in _tho'_ huo.viQr c~_onll_~of " <br />- c thoc-oo.stofii~aiid---oust ~c ailtrr.'l=P::"rt- of =thO=liTc<i'aiid=neai-tho-- 'i'fvor. -in- .. <br />sG:ie places'. ---Sono--=.ddit-iC'lln::l~drain;'i:': '~orle! n.to .:.ne-o-dod..'i!l-__I>nr;ts~o[~~ho <br />Cla.s~__~:2:.rq.-9-'-::_=:~_ n-- =~~_=..:--=-~_ _ - .:.._ _ --- --::_~-; _n,' :.,_ :.:-_ <br /> <br />_:1 <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Salinity nnd ,,-ll:nlinity <br /> <br />Thore aro sevornl snall aroo.s whoro sult accunulutions o.ro exces- <br />sivo. Due to tho fact that thoso ureus ure low in rolation to tho sur- <br />roundinG lands thoy could n0t successfully and 0 COll0I.licully be dh.inod <br />to peruit crop production. <br /> <br />Sulinity und ulkalinity are noro connon in tho clay soils than in <br />tho cla.y loan or the fino salldy loam soils. <br /> <br />Durinr; the sor.lidotailed survey, 457 soil profilos werc exnninod in <br />tho o.reo.. hbout one-third of theso prufiles conta.ined mero thnn .2 <br />porcont tetal solublo salt and about eno-tenth ccntninod rloro than .5 <br />porcent totnl solublo salt. .',bout 40 porcont cf the profilos showod <br />r,ild nlkalinity of 8.8 to 9.0 pH, and about 7 porcont showed hiGh ul- <br />ka.linity \"lith tho pH ovor 9.0. <br /> <br />-e------- <br /> <br />30 <br />