$MiM 



PERMANENCY IS A TEATURE OP THE IRRIGATING CANAL SYSTEMS WHICH COVER THE COUNTY 



Owing to the wonderful fertility of the overflowed land, reclamation has been 

 carried on for many years in the Sacramento Valley on an ever increasing scale. 

 Up to a few years ago success was by no means always assured, as each individual 

 aimed simply to protect his own property and there was no concerted action to 

 provide for the carrying off of those waters which were excluded from the lands. 

 This important feature, that of providing an outlet for the flood waters of the 

 river is now under the control of the State Reclamation Board and the California 

 Debris Commission, which, under the present plan, proposes a by-pass over two 

 miles in width, the eastern edge of which will be about three or four miles west 

 of the river itself. This new artificial river, so to speak, will have ample capacity 

 for carrying off all surplus waters at flood time of the river and its tributaries. 

 With this work being done under the supervision of state and federal authorities 

 according to comprehensive plans reclamation districts have been organized and 

 the work is now done at a minimum of cost and a maximum 'of benefit. Projects 

 are now under w-ay involving as high as 30,000 acres in a single tract. 



The cost of the work is assessed on the land benefits ancj while the figure 

 varies somewhat the average is about $100 per acre, with many instances of it 

 having been d(me for less than half that amount. 



The soil of these lands has been formed largely by material carried in 

 suspension by the flood waters of the Sacramento River and deposited for many 

 years past. 



Unreclaimed land sells at from $2,5 to $50 per acre and reclaimed land at 

 from $250 to $500. Truck gardening, orchards and hops are the leading crops at 

 present produced on tliis land which is ready to return to the cultivator the 

 bounties which it has been accumulating for ages. 



Alfalfa 



Where irrigation is practiced one finds alfalfa. This fine forage is cut 

 five, six and seven times in Yolo County, for there is an ample water supply 



SOUVENIR 



15 



EDITION 



