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that account is too wet to be cultivated except to a small extent. 

 F. G. Eason made a survey and plan for the improvement of this dis- 

 trict. 



RECLAMATION OF OVERFLOWED LANDS. 



S. H. McCrory made a survey of a portion of Little Hurricane 

 Creek, Tuscaloosa County, Ala., and formulated plans for protecting 

 the bottom land. Though rather narrow, these bottoms are very 

 fertile and would be highly productive if protected from overflow. 

 By the recommended improvements 500 acres would be protected from 

 ordinary fl[oods and as much more benefited to a less degree. 



The West Fork of the Des Moines River in Palo Alto, Pocahontas, 

 and Humboldt Counties, Iowa, presents a typical example of agi'i- 

 cultural loss due to an overflowing small stream, its recurring floods 

 having prevented cultivation of the adjoining bottoms for several 

 years. O. G. Baxter supervised a survey of this portion of the 

 river and made plans for protecting 14,770 acres from overflow. 

 The report upon this project was published by the Iowa State Drain- 

 age, Waterways, and Conservation Commission in its report for 

 1910. 



F. F, Shafer conducted a survey and made plans for the reclama- 

 tion of 40.000 acres of bottom land along the Cottonwood Eiver, in 

 Lyon, Chase, and Marion Counties, Ivans. This is a highly pros- 

 perous agricultural valley in which several thriving towns are 

 located. The damage by overflow from this river has been enor- 

 mous, the loss from this source during the past eight or nine years 

 having been estimated at not less than $2,000,000. 



The Haw River, with its tributaries, in Rockingham and Guilford 

 Counties, N. C, has l)een the cause of great agricultural loss in recent 

 years, frequent overflows preventing successful cultivation of the 

 adjoining lowlands. Owing to the narrowness of the bottoms, the 

 cost of complete protection would be excessive at this time. This was 

 determined by a survey conducted by S. H. McCrory, who made 

 plans for the partial protection of 3,700 acres. 



Surveys were made by J. V. Phillips of the Third Creek and 

 Fourth Creek Valleys, in Iredell County, N. C. These creeks typ- 

 ify the poor drainage channels that exist in this section, where inter- 

 mittent overflows prevent the profitable cultivation of the adjoin- 

 ing lowlands. The area that would be benefited by the proposed 

 improvement of Third Creek is 1,825 acres, and by the improvement 

 of Fourth Creek, 1,570 acres. 



A survey was made by W. W. AVeir of the Black Bear River and 

 its adjoining bottom land, in Noble and Pawnee Counties, Okla. 

 The bottom land examined amounts to 1G,500 acres, which are peri- 

 odically overflowed by the river, whose channel is too small and 



