. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. ineyard, and was treated m thesame way. * In these five plots, therefore, the only object was to protect^h^ vineyard against further rise of alkali, and this has been accom-plished. ALKALI RECLAMATION AT TULARE SUBSTATION. 211 On plots I to XIX inclusive, the main work of reclamation has beendone smce 1896. The size of the areas of heavy alkali has been in allcases much reduced, often to but one fourth the previous size. All themedium alkali has been brought down to a light g
. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. ineyard, and was treated m thesame way. * In these five plots, therefore, the only object was to protect^h^ vineyard against further rise of alkali, and this has been accom-plished. ALKALI RECLAMATION AT TULARE SUBSTATION. 211 On plots I to XIX inclusive, the main work of reclamation has beendone smce 1896. The size of the areas of heavy alkali has been in allcases much reduced, often to but one fourth the previous size. All themedium alkali has been brought down to a light grade, and much of thelight alkali is now below the original scale for that amount. Nearlyall the carbonates present in the plots have been transformed by gyp-sum into sulfates, even on the heavier soils. At some points the carbon-ates still remain in sufficient amount to prevent seed from germinatingeasily m this very heavy soil. The season of 1901-2 was so dry thatwheat failed to germinate over much of the tract, but irrigation fromthe new well has made a fair crop wherever applied in season. i» .x-/* i ^-^?^Q^^. SUB-SrAT/OA/e^ S(//?jRO(/A/D//VGS /902 i^
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