CONTENTS. 11 



Reclamation of the southern Louisiana wet prairie lands — Continued. Page. 



Description of experimental tracts 420 



Willswood plantation 420 



Smithport Planting Company Tract 421 



District No. 2 422 



New Orleans Land Company Tract 422 



District No. 3 422 



Measurements of rainfall and run-off 426 



Methods of reclamation 431 



Early methods 431 



Present methods 432 



Levees and seepage 433 



Canal systems 434 



Interior ditch systems 435 



Pumping plants 437 



