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Fiu r, ^-A pcuih urcluud in Salt Kivt-r \alKy killed 1 y the rise of the water 

 table. Alfalfa likewise is subject to root rot, due to a rising, or ttuctuatui.^' 

 shallow, water table. 



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Fig. 6.— A large area in a cotton field, where the seed did not germinate, 

 due to the shallow water table. 



