44 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



crock. The rcjiort lias boon Iriuisinitlod to (ho hoards of county com- 

 niissionors and to (ho oflicors of tlio ])i-ovisi()nal (h-aiiia^'c oi'i^anization. 



Un(k'r tlio siiporvisioii of W. .). McKatliron, S. II. McC'rorv made 

 a siirvov of the flooded lamls alonijf the V'orniilion Kivor in Turner 

 and Chiy counties. S. Dale, ohlainod •rairiii'Ts of the flow durinf; a 

 period of very hig^h water, and jin^pared plans for the levees and 

 ditches that will bo n'<|uirci| to protect and drain 18.000 acres. 



The Mulberry Kivor. in Jackson County, Ga., is typical of the 

 smaller streams in the South, which are crooked and obstructed and 

 therefore do not remove the excess rainfall quickly enough to pro- 

 vent injury to crops. L. L. Ilidinijor made a survey to determine 

 the feasibility of improving this stream, and planned the work 

 necessary to give the channel sufficient capacity to prevent overflow 

 and to drain the fortilo bottom lands. 



Under W. J. McEathron's supervision, H. A. Kipp conducted a 

 survey of lands drained by Silver Creek, in Merrick County, Nebr., 

 which are typical of the bottom lands of the Platte River. The old 

 channels are so tortuous and obstructed that entirely new straight 

 channels have been designed which will drain the 50,000 acres now 

 subject to overflow. 



Examinations were made of the lands inundated b}' flood waters 

 from White River, in Jackson County, Ark. Lines for proposed 

 levees were located along this river and along Village Creek, and 

 ditches were planned to protect and drain 26,000 acres now largely 

 unproductive. 



Under the supervision of A. E. Morgan, F. F. Shafer examined 

 some 270.000 acres in Lawrence, Randolph, and Jackson counties, 

 Ark., drained by Village Creek and Running Water Creek. Surveys 

 were made and plans and estimates were prepared for reclaiming 

 50,000 acres by ditches, new channels, and some short levees along 

 Black River. 



This Office directed the survey of about 180,000 acres in Jefferson 

 and Arkansas counties, Ark., for the reclamation of the wet and 

 overflowed land along Plum Bayou and Bayou Meto. The plans 

 have been prepared by local engineers and submitted to this Office for 

 examination and approval. 



S. H. ^IcCrory has made a survey of Salt Creek, in Nebraska, 

 from above Lincoln to the Platte River, near Ashland. The conges- 

 tion of flood waters at Lincoln, and the necessity of including valu- 

 able city property in the district, make the ]:)roblem one of unusual 

 difliculty, requiring the greatest care in determining the most prac- 

 ticable design. The plans will outline the work necessary to control 

 the floods and protect about 20,000 acres of agricultural land. 



J. V. Phillips has made a survey and located the line for a short 

 levee along Cape Fear River, in Bladen County, X. C., to prevent 



