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a failure or has been abandoned. There are well established methods 

 in use in the reclamation of salt marshes and if these are used the work 

 should be successful. There has never been a known case of failure to 

 effect complete reclamation, in which all proper precautions were taken. 

 After reclamation the lands are very fertile and should repay the expend- 

 iture for reclaiming them. It is generally conceded that 1 acre of 

 reclaimed salt marsh land is worth 4 or 5 acres of upland, and, 

 according to the well substantiated figures quoted from Shaler earlier 

 in this article, the cost of reclamation should not exceed one-fifth of 

 the final value of the land. 



THOS. H. MEANS, 

 In Charge of Alkali Land Reclamation. 



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