The wetlands of southern Louisiana and their drainage . ^-r-- _ :- . / !r\ -p _LU / i j | 1 l • ??najT,f*r . i J_ ,__ - ?.- DRAINAGE OF WET LANDS OF SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. 31 about $ per acre* of ditch. With the present spacing of 160 feet theannual cost of ditch maintenance per acre of area drained is about $ VOtf0<i9/y U014DA9J3 During the summer of 1910 some measurements of the depth of the watertable below the surface were made. The results of these measurements areshown graphically in figures 8 and 8a. It is evident that after long and heavy 1 The term acre is in common use in t
The wetlands of southern Louisiana and their drainage . ^-r-- _ :- . / !r\ -p _LU / i j | 1 l • ??najT,f*r . i J_ ,__ - ?.- DRAINAGE OF WET LANDS OF SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. 31 about $ per acre* of ditch. With the present spacing of 160 feet theannual cost of ditch maintenance per acre of area drained is about $ VOtf0<i9/y U014DA9J3 During the summer of 1910 some measurements of the depth of the watertable below the surface were made. The results of these measurements areshown graphically in figures 8 and 8a. It is evident that after long and heavy 1 The term acre is in common use in the section under discussion as a unit of lengthin rough land measurements. Its value is the length of one side of a square whose areais 1 acre, or about 209 feet. 32 BULLETIN 71, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
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