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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



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WINTER SCENE IN YAZOO DELTA, MISSISSIPPI, SHOWING SUBMERGED FORESTS. A CONDITION 



OFTEN MET IN WINTER AND SPRING. 



Mississippi and gets in through breaks 

 in these uplands, is exceedingly fertile, 

 and in a great measure is covered with 

 hardwood forest, in which, in some 

 places, extensive lumbering operations 

 are being carried on. Through these 

 back country stretches there are innu- 

 merable bayous, sometimes forming 

 lakes of considerable size, and in others 

 long stream-like threads of water- 

 courses. In the late summer and early 

 fall these are at their minimum depth, 

 but in the period from January to June, 

 and more particularly in March, they 

 are apt to be obliterated, except as they 

 are indicated by clear spaces in the 



forest, in the general inundation which 

 covers the ground to an average depth 

 of about three feet. 



The Yazoo and Sunflower Rivers and 

 Deer Creek are the principal water- 

 courses in the Delta country. Directly 

 east of the Yazoo River, which forms 

 the eastern boundary of the Delta 

 country, there is a higher section of 

 ground, which rises abruptly from the 

 bank of the river to a height of from 

 500 to 700 feet above the flood plain. 

 The soil over this hill country is a silt 

 loam, fertile and highly productive, but 

 of such a peculiar consistency as to be 

 remarkably subject to damaging ero- 



