48 EEPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



system of ditches was planned to drain about 2,400 acres of this 

 wet land. 



Contracts have been let during the summer of 1910 for the con- 

 struction of the drainage improvements planned by this office in 

 1908 for reclaiming swamjD lands in Bolivar County, Miss. S. H. 

 McCrory assisted the engineer of the district- in preparing specifica- 

 tions for the work. 



The board of commissioners of the Tallahatchie drainage district, 

 in northwest Mississippi, requested this office to lend assistance in 

 perfecting the plans for draining that area of 1,800 square miles 

 by sending an engineer to act in a consulting capacity. Drainage 

 engineers of this office are especially acquainted with the conditions 

 of that district, having previously made surveys of parts of the ter- 

 ritoiy. A. E. Morgan examined the plans and the district in detail, 

 and thoroughly studied the methods that seemed feasible. His sug- 

 gestion to divert Cold Water River through a shorter route into the 

 Mississippi River has been adopted by the commissioners and 



engineers. 



RECLAMATION" OF OVERFLOWED LANDS. 



The flat bottom lands between the Black River and Cury Creek, 

 in Independence County, Ark., are subject to frequent overflow from 

 those streams. A survey was made of the lands, and plans were 

 prepared by W. J. McEathron and W. W. Weir for protecting about 

 14,000 acres. The plans include the construction of levees to pre- 

 vent overflow from Black River; the diversion of Cury Creek by a 

 new channel from the foothills directly across the bottoms to the 

 river; and the excavation of a ditch to intercept the water that now 

 flows upon the low area from the higher land on the west. 



S. H. McCrory and D. L. Yarnell conducted a survey of about 140 

 miles of the Marais des Cygnes River, west from the Missouri-Kansas 

 State line, to determine some method for preventing the injurious 

 flooding of the bottom lands. The report upon that project presents 

 plans for 22 levee districts, which will protect 33,365 acres of fertile 

 land if the recommended work, including that of clearing the river 

 channel and constructing one cut-off, is carried out. 



A survey was made by W. W. Weir of lands subject to overflow 

 along the Little Caney River in Montgomery and Chautauqua 

 Counties, Kans. Owing to the hilly character of the upper water- 

 shed, the rate of run-off is large, and the tortuous and restricted chan- 

 nel of the river has so little capacity that serious floods are of fre- 

 quent occurrence. Plans were prepared for levees, a large relief 

 ditch, several cut-offs, and clearing the river channel, to benefit 8,435 

 acres. 



A survey was made by L. L. Hidinger to determine what works 

 should be constructed to protect and drain the lands in Grant Town- 



