RECLAMATION OF LOUISIANA WET PRAIRIE LANDS. 



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(3) One centrifugal pump with 36-incli diameter discharge pipe, 



direct-connected to a double vertical engine. 



Pumps 1 and 2 discharge into open flumes at an average head on pump of about 10 

 feet, which is about 5 feet greater than is necessary. Pump 3 has a siphon on the dis- 

 charge pipe, but the end is not always submerged. 



The pumping ])lant, with the main reservoir leading to it, is illus- 

 trated in Plate XV, figure 1, while Plate XV, figure 2, gives an 



Fig. 3.— Map of Smithport plantation, Lockport, La Fourche Parish, La., showing arrangement of 



ditches and levees. 



interior view of the j)umj)iiig j)liint. The direct-connected centrifugal 

 pump appears in the l){ukgr()und. 



SMITHPORT PLANTING COMPANY TRACT- 647 ACRES. 



This tract adjoining the village of Lockport, La Fouicho Parish, 

 has been recently reclaimed, a large portion of it from Fields Lake. 

 Although it is all drained b}- well-made lateral ditches placed 200 feet 

 apart, but a small part was put under cultivation previous to 1909. 

 As will be seen from the map (fig. 3), the tract is well shaped and 



