4 KEPOKT ON THE KLAMATH MARSH EXPERIMENT. 



SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATIONS. 



In view of the similarity in appearance between the Lower Kla- 

 math Marsh and the so-called tnle lands in the delta of the Sacra- 

 mento and San Joaquin Kivers in California it was deemed advis- 

 able to follow the same agricultural practices that have proved most 



Fig. 1.- — Map showing tlie location of Lower Klamath Lako and Marsh formed liy 

 lateral overflow from Klamath River, which flows throutrh the northern edge of 

 the marsh. Klamath River drains Upper Klamath Lake over a hasaltic rock 

 barrier at Klamath Falls. 



suitable in the subjugation of the.se lands and to try some of the crops 

 that have been the basis for that highly profitable agriculture. 



Such temj^erature records as were available indicated that the 

 Klamath marshlands were subject to low minimum temperatures dur- 



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