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REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



DESCRIPTION OF EXPERIMENTAL TRACTS. 



WILLSWOOD PLANTATION 2,400 ACRES. 



The plantation as shown hy li<xure 2 fronts on the Mi.ssissippi about 

 10 miles above New Orleans and is crossed by the Southern Pacific 

 Railway. The tract was enlar<^ed twelve years ago, necessitating the 

 digging of new canals and the rei)lacing of the old wheel pump by 

 an up-to-date pumping plant. Sugar cane is grown principally, but 



Fig. 2.— Map of \\'illswood plantation, Waggaman, JefTerson Parish, La... showing ditch and 



levee system. 



some corn and cowpeas are also raised, cultivation having taken place 

 for a number of years. 



Steam for the three following pumping units is furnished by two 

 water-tube boilers and one return tubular boiler, crude oil for fuel 

 and a feed water heater being used. 



(1) One 40,000 gallons per minute maximum capacity rotary 

 chamber-wheel pump, rope driven from a 16 by 24 automatic, non- 

 condensing engine. 



(2) One 42-inch by 16-inch Menge pump, connected by a rope drive 

 and a bevel gear to a 16 by 24 automatic, noncondensing engine. 



