. Alkali and water logged lands. Alkali lands. [from old catalog]; Soils. ALKALI AND WATER LOGGED LANDS 25 The data given in the table shows that between September, 1902, and the following May, 3,171 tons of salt had been removed from the soil to a depth of four feet, and that between September 1902 and the following October, 5,430 tons had been removed, or 82 per cent of the alkali originally in the first four feet of soil. The tract was sown to fall rye during the fall of 1903 and this plowed under during the spring of 1904 in order to add humus to the soil. The land was then seeded to alfal
. Alkali and water logged lands. Alkali lands. [from old catalog]; Soils. ALKALI AND WATER LOGGED LANDS 25 The data given in the table shows that between September, 1902, and the following May, 3,171 tons of salt had been removed from the soil to a depth of four feet, and that between September 1902 and the following October, 5,430 tons had been removed, or 82 per cent of the alkali originally in the first four feet of soil. The tract was sown to fall rye during the fall of 1903 and this plowed under during the spring of 1904 in order to add humus to the soil. The land was then seeded to alfalfa with oats as a nurse crop. During 1904 a profitable crop of oats was secured and a uniform "stand" of alfalfa established. Since that time the alfalfa on this tract has run normal and healthy and the fact that the removal of alkali salts by drain- age can be accomplished definitely proven. Drainage of lands not only removes alkali but prevents water log- ging—promotes soil areation and is most desirable farm practice. It is to be hoped that the unsightly, forbidding, desolate stretch of waste alkali lands near Salt Lake City may be converted into beautiful fruit- ful fields of golden harvest, where now there is a dreary waste, through the process of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Salt Lake commercial club. Lands committee. [Salt Lake City, Printed by the Deseret evening news]
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