42 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



C. AV. Okey made a surve}^ of a part of the farm of Dr. L. S. 

 Kogers, near West, Miss., which is situated in the bottoms of the Big 

 Black River, and planned the necessary tile drainage for about 200 

 acres of wet land. 



Walnut Grove plantation is located in Coahoma County, Miss., 

 hear the Mississippi River. The plantation has well-defined natural 

 drainage channels, but requires the use of tile to maintain efficient 

 drainage. Plans were prepared by S. H. McCroiy for the part of 

 the land most difficult to reclaim. The drainage of this plantation 

 has been under way for two or three years. 



At the request of Prof. B. W. Kilgore, director of the North Caro- 

 lina Experiment Station, the office made examinations and surveys of 

 three of the test farms of the State, these being known as the Willard, 

 Rocky Mount, and Elmwood. Portions of all of these farms were 

 surveyed by J. R. Haswell, and plans furnished by him for providing 

 efficient drainage. 



James Island, S. C, lies directly opposite the city of Charleston. 

 The island has a total area of about 20,000 acres, and it is intersected 

 by numerous small tidal streams extending into the interior. Its 

 general elevation is but a few feet above mean low water and tidal 

 action greatly interferes with the natural drainage. Climatic con- 

 ditions there are so favorable that when properly protected and 

 drained the land yields large returns. George M. Warren made a 

 survey including about 10,600 acres of the most favorably situated 

 land and submitted plans for its protection from tidal encroachment 

 and for its drainage. 



J. R. Haswell surveyed and made plans for the drainage of a 

 portion of the property of Dr. Albert Shaw, known as the Sterling 

 Farm, in Loudoun County, Va. The total area of the farm is 1,G00 

 acres, mostly hill land. There the problem of drainage was to pro- 

 tect the flat area from the drainage water coming from the hills. 



The Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture 

 conducts an experimental farm at Arlington, Va. Certain parts of 

 this farm require artificial drainage, considerable tile having been 

 laid in years past. A survey of the farm was made by 11. A. Kipp, 

 who laid out plans for the installation of about 30,000 additional feet 



of tile. 



DRAINAGE OF SWAMP LANDS. 



In southeastern Arkansas, between Bayou BartholomeAv and 

 Crooked Bayou in the counties of Chicot, Drew, and Desha, are some 

 26,000 acres of land at present practically useless for agricultural 

 purposes owing to lack of drainage outlet; following a wet season 

 the water remains over the area for months. O. G. Baxter made a 

 survey of this tract and prepared plans for the necessary drainage 

 channels to remove the surplus water. 



