﻿Smithsonian 
  Report, 
  1943. 
  — 
  Lowdermilk 
  

  

  Plate 
  4 
  

  

  1. 
  Leeward 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  untamed 
  dune 
  near 
  d'Arcachon, 
  showing 
  the 
  advance 
  of 
  the 
  dune 
  on 
  the 
  forest, 
  

  

  engulfing 
  it 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  about 
  60 
  to 
  65 
  feet 
  a 
  year. 
  November 
  1938. 
  

  

  2. 
  Inside 
  view 
  of 
  a 
  Holland 
  farmer's 
  crop 
  of 
  gold 
  in 
  this 
  "Dutch-made 
  Agricultural 
  Heaven 
  on 
  Earth" 
  

  

  below 
  sea 
  level. 
  September 
  1939. 
  

  

  3. 
  Wieringerwerf, 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  three 
  villages, 
  is 
  shown 
  under 
  construction. 
  The 
  broad 
  freight 
  canal 
  running 
  

  

  diagonally 
  across 
  the 
  picture 
  has 
  movable 
  bridges. 
  The 
  dark 
  borders 
  around 
  the 
  rectangular 
  farms 
  

   are 
  barge 
  canals. 
  The 
  drainage 
  ditches 
  for 
  leaching 
  out 
  the 
  salt 
  content 
  from 
  the 
  new-born 
  lands 
  appear 
  

   as 
  fine 
  lines. 
  Agricultural 
  specialists 
  nurse 
  the 
  land 
  with 
  special 
  treatment 
  until 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  cropped 
  to 
  

   clover. 
  It 
  is 
  then 
  weaned 
  and 
  turned 
  over 
  to 
  individual 
  farmers. 
  

  

  