UTILIZATION AND RECLAMATION OF ALKALI LANDS. 483 



that so far from being in need of fertilization, alkali lands usu- 

 ally possess extraordinary productive capacity whenever freed 

 from the injurious influence of the excess of useless salts left 



in the soil in consequence of deficient rainfall. (See analyses, 

 chapter 22, pp. 430, 437). 



Among many striking examples of the results of such re- 

 clamation, is that represented in the annexed figure (75). of 



