Architect and engineer . Tisdale Weir, North End of District 1500, atFlood Time the Sutter Basin By-Pass, about fortymiles northwest of Sacramento. Thiscomprises a total reclaimed area of63,250 acres, of which approximatelj^ 60,-000 acres are cultivable. Practically allof this land lies between the low and highlevels of the river and the by-pass, andnormally would be flooded every time theriver rose to any unusual levels. The soil is extremely rich, and it is alsoeasily worked and well adapted to grain,beans, and market vegetables as well asto alfalfa and some varieties of is also b
Architect and engineer . Tisdale Weir, North End of District 1500, atFlood Time the Sutter Basin By-Pass, about fortymiles northwest of Sacramento. Thiscomprises a total reclaimed area of63,250 acres, of which approximatelj^ 60,-000 acres are cultivable. Practically allof this land lies between the low and highlevels of the river and the by-pass, andnormally would be flooded every time theriver rose to any unusual levels. The soil is extremely rich, and it is alsoeasily worked and well adapted to grain,beans, and market vegetables as well asto alfalfa and some varieties of is also becoming a very importantcrop. These facts have justified the ex-penditure of large sums for drainage andirrigation, the net result of which opera-tions has been the addition of large areasof highly productive land to our food-producing acreages. Protection and Drainage.—The tract issurrounded by levees, along the Sacra-mento River and the Tisdale and SutterIasin By-Passes, and drainage is cfifected * A description of t
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