DRAINAGE OF BLACK AND BOGGY SWAMPS, S. C. 21 



CONCLUSIONS. 



Anyone who is at all familiar with the agricultural conditions 

 existing in the Black and Boggy Swamps drainage district at the 

 time this survey was made, could not but be impressed with the 

 need for artificial drainage. Large areas cf land are at present 

 yielding no revenue whatever, yet all apparently have such natural 

 qualities as would make them excellent farming lands if they could bo 

 relieved of excess water. The plans presented in this report provide 

 for such relief, which should be secured at an average cost of about 

 $5.50 per acre and would be worth many times that amount, although 

 to realize the fullest possibilities of the soil in many parts of the dis- 

 trict tile drainage also should be installed. The ditches have been 

 designed of ample depth to serve as outlets for the tile drains. 



Besides the financial advantage cf increased crop production due 

 to drainage, there is the benefit to the general health cf the commu- 

 nity, which is none the less real and important because it is less 

 easily measured in money values. The decrease of malaria, which 

 now exists in certain parts of the district, by removing the breeding 

 places of mosquitoes, will make those parts more desirable for resi- 

 dence and thereby add to their commercial value. 



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