708 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



DRAINAGE SURVEYS. 



I. Redamation of lands suhject to overflow^ as hy floods. — Alabama: 

 Little Hurricane Creek (Tuscnloo.-a County). Nebraska : Bench lands 

 of upper Elkliorn River (Holt County). Oklahoma: Black Bear 

 Creek (Noble and Pawnee Counties). 



II. Ueclamation of lands continually wet — sioamps, marshes, etc. — 

 Arkansas: Crooked Bayou drainage district (Chicot and Desha 

 Counties). Mississippi: Belzoni drainage district (Washington 

 County). North Carolina: Back Swamp and Jacob Swamp (Ilobe- 

 son County). South Carolina: Little Wambaw Swamp (Charleston 

 County). 



III. lin'provement of natural watercourses or construction of new 

 channels to provide outlets. — Georgia : McRae Branch (Telfair 

 County). North Carolina: Third Creek and Fourth Creek (Iredell 

 County). Haw River (Iiockingluun County). Virginia: Chicka- 

 hominy River (Hanover and Henrico Counties). 



IV. Farm drainage. — Arkansas: Penitentiary farm (Lincoln 

 County). Georgia: McRae farm (Telfair County), Maryland: 

 Bureau of Animal Industry farm (Prince George County). Missis- 

 sippi: Rogers farm (Attala County), Walnut Grove plantation 

 (Coahoma County). North Carolina: Pender County test farm, 

 Edgecombe County test farm, Red Crest test farm (Iredell County). 

 South Carolina: James Island (Charleston County), Clemson Col- 

 lege farm (Dorchester County). Virginia: Sterling demonstration 

 farm (Loudoun County), Arlington experiment farm (Fairfax 

 County). 



V. Drainage of irrigated lands. — Colorado: Grand River Valley, 

 San Luis Valley, Arkansas River Valley. Idaho : Payette and Boise 

 River Valleys, drainage district No. 1 (Lemhi County). New 

 Mexico: Pecos Valley. Texas: Lower Rio Grande Valley. Utah: 

 Various tracts in several counties. Washington : Spokane County, 

 Yakima Valley, including Moxee Valley. Wyoming: Big Horn 

 Basin, including Grey Bull Valley, Shoshone Valley. 



PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION "WORK. 



In addition to preliminary examinations having been made and 

 reports written for all the projects enumerated under drainage sur- 

 veys, similar examinations and reports have also been made for the 

 following : 



Alabama: Prairie lands. California: Lands injured by alkali in 

 Orange County. Georgia: EiRngham County, Telfair County. 

 Maryland: River bottom lands in Montgomery County. Massachu- 

 setts: Green Harbor River marsh lands (Plymouth County). Mis- 

 souri: Wyaconda River (Clark County). North Carolina: Flea Hill 

 drainage district (Cumberland County), Salem Creek (Forsyth 

 County), Beaver Dam Swamp (Harnett County), Brown Marsh 

 (Bladen and Columbus Counties). South Carolina: Sumter, Levy 

 Bay (Hampton County), Wappahoola plantation (Berkeley County), 

 Dean Hall plantation (Berkeley County), Wadmalaw Island 

 (Charleston County), Switzerland (Hampton and Beaufort 

 Counties), Great Pedee River (Darlington County). Virginia: 



