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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  In 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  discussions 
  concerning 
  the 
  reclamation 
  and 
  settle- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  waste 
  lands 
  and 
  the 
  building 
  of 
  homes 
  upon 
  these, 
  most 
  at- 
  

   tention 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  mechanical 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  work. 
  This 
  is 
  

   most 
  picturesque 
  and 
  affords 
  opportunities 
  for 
  more 
  precise 
  state- 
  

   ments 
  as 
  regards 
  methods 
  and 
  results 
  of 
  scientific 
  investigation 
  and 
  

   of 
  application 
  of 
  results 
  of 
  costs 
  and 
  of 
  values 
  ; 
  hence 
  it 
  is 
  that 
  most 
  

   thought 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  large 
  and 
  picturesque 
  structures, 
  such 
  

   as 
  high 
  dams, 
  tunnels, 
  and 
  canals 
  winding 
  through 
  rough 
  country, 
  

   but 
  the 
  real 
  interest 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  human 
  relations, 
  in 
  the 
  kind 
  of 
  people 
  

   who 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  inhabit 
  the 
  waste 
  lands, 
  and 
  who, 
  individually 
  and 
  

   collectively, 
  must 
  dig 
  out 
  from 
  the 
  soil 
  the 
  products 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  

   crops 
  which 
  not 
  merely 
  support 
  the 
  family, 
  but 
  afford 
  the 
  materials 
  

   which 
  enter 
  into 
  trade 
  and 
  commerce, 
  and 
  which 
  when 
  sold 
  will 
  pay 
  

   ror 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  works. 
  

  

  A 
  full 
  review 
  of 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  reclamation 
  should 
  embrace 
  all 
  the 
  

   factors 
  of 
  home 
  making 
  and 
  should 
  give 
  maximum 
  amount 
  of 
  atten- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  the 
  human 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  question. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  these 
  matters 
  

   of 
  " 
  life, 
  liberty, 
  and 
  pursuit 
  of 
  happiness 
  " 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  weighed 
  and 
  

   measured 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  degree 
  of 
  accuracy 
  as 
  can 
  the 
  materials 
  for 
  

   construction 
  and 
  the 
  forces 
  of 
  nature 
  renders 
  such 
  a 
  review 
  of 
  the 
  

   broad 
  subject 
  of 
  reclamation 
  and 
  settlement 
  less 
  easy 
  and 
  attractive. 
  

   And 
  yet, 
  after 
  all, 
  the 
  conclusions 
  on 
  the 
  human 
  side 
  afford 
  the 
  

   " 
  acid 
  test 
  " 
  of 
  success. 
  

  

  The 
  full 
  extent 
  of 
  this 
  success 
  as 
  just 
  indicated 
  is 
  hardly 
  suscepti- 
  

   ble 
  of 
  statistical 
  treatment 
  ; 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  the 
  imagination 
  is 
  required 
  

   to 
  fill 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  matters 
  — 
  that 
  is 
  the 
  moral 
  or 
  spiritual 
  

   aspect 
  of 
  the 
  case, 
  in 
  the 
  stabilization 
  of 
  the 
  family, 
  and 
  the 
  stimu- 
  

   lation 
  to 
  better 
  citizenship 
  which 
  results 
  from 
  the 
  ownership 
  of 
  

   a 
  piece 
  of 
  land 
  and 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  a 
  home 
  on 
  it. 
  Such 
  devel- 
  

   opment 
  is 
  indicated 
  by 
  plate 
  5, 
  figure 
  1. 
  In 
  the 
  foreground 
  is 
  the 
  

   irrigating 
  canal 
  bringing 
  water 
  to 
  the 
  thirsty 
  land, 
  beyond 
  it 
  the 
  

   tent 
  first 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  home 
  maker. 
  Next 
  to 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  cheap 
  

   house, 
  built 
  of 
  thin 
  boards, 
  standing 
  in 
  a 
  desolate 
  land, 
  but 
  in 
  a 
  

   land 
  which 
  becomes 
  quickly 
  transformed 
  through 
  the 
  application 
  

   of 
  the 
  water. 
  The 
  result 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  of 
  effort 
  is 
  illustrated 
  in 
  

   plate 
  5, 
  figure 
  2, 
  by 
  the 
  house 
  improved 
  and 
  sheltered 
  by 
  the 
  

   rapidly 
  growing 
  trees, 
  surrounded 
  by 
  attractive 
  shrubbery, 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  by 
  productive 
  fields. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  paragraphs 
  that 
  follow 
  an 
  attempt 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  review 
  

   briefly 
  the 
  steps 
  taken 
  in 
  reclamation 
  for 
  homemaking, 
  beginning 
  

   with 
  the 
  preliminary 
  research, 
  continued 
  through 
  topographic 
  and 
  

   hydrographic 
  surveys; 
  followed 
  by 
  the 
  planning 
  and 
  execution 
  of 
  

   the 
  work; 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  waste 
  places 
  — 
  and 
  last 
  but 
  not 
  

   least 
  the 
  dealing 
  with 
  the 
  human, 
  social, 
  and 
  economic 
  forces 
  — 
  which 
  

  

  