. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN OF THE No. 181 Contribution from Office of Experiment Stations, A. C. True, Director. April 12, 1915. (PROFESSIONAL PAPER.). A REPORT ON THE METHODS AND COST OF RECLAIMING THE OVERFLOWED LANDS ALONG THE BIG BLACK RIVER, MISSISSIPPI. By Lewis A. Jones, Drainage Engineer, assisted by W. J. Schlick, Drainage Engineer, and C. E. Ramser, Assistant Drainage Engineer. CONTENTS. Introduction 1 General description of district 2 Present drainage conditions 5 The survey 6 The drainage problem 7 Run-off 7 Drainage plans c
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN OF THE No. 181 Contribution from Office of Experiment Stations, A. C. True, Director. April 12, 1915. (PROFESSIONAL PAPER.). A REPORT ON THE METHODS AND COST OF RECLAIMING THE OVERFLOWED LANDS ALONG THE BIG BLACK RIVER, MISSISSIPPI. By Lewis A. Jones, Drainage Engineer, assisted by W. J. Schlick, Drainage Engineer, and C. E. Ramser, Assistant Drainage Engineer. CONTENTS. Introduction 1 General description of district 2 Present drainage conditions 5 The survey 6 The drainage problem 7 Run-off 7 Drainage plans considered 26 Proposed plan 27 Maintenance 35 Summary 35 Appendix I, Bench marks 37 Appendix II, Floodway data 38 INTRODUCTION. "With the cutting of the most vakiable timber from the swamp and overflowed areas of the South, it becomes evident that future returns from these lands must be sought in agriculture. The first step toward rendering such areas available for cultivation is drainage. The conditions along the Big Black River in Mississippi are fairly representative of conditions that exist in greater or less degree on many southern streams. In November, 1912, the attention of Drainage Investigations, Office of Experiment Stations, United States Department ot Agriculture, was called to the conditions along the Big Black River and assistance in devising a plan of reclamation was requested. A preliminary ex- amination of the district was made February 14 to 22, 1913. An agreement was entered into under which Drainage Investigations undertook to make a sui-vey of the area and to prepare plans for its reclamation, the district agreeing to contribute to the expense of Note.—ThLs report is Intended for cnKinoors, landowners, and others Intoreslod in drainage enterprises In reK'ons whero the conditions are similar to those here described; it is suitable for distribution in the Oulf Coast Stat«^. 74746°—Bull. 181—16 1. Please note that these images are extracted from sc
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