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of alkali to a depth of 4 feet—that is, this tract had 6,650 tons of alkali 
to he removed. 
The Cuarrman. Forty acres. 
Mr. Wuirney. This 40 acres. We put in the drainage system and 
we put up checks and kept it flooded if possible 4 inches deep for 
nearly all the time. Drainage waters have been passing off constantly 
for twelve months and we have removed 5,430 tons of salt, or 83 per 
cent of the alkali, and we have the soilnow, after twelve months, with 
an average of about six-tenths of 1 per cent, which is just a com- 
fortable limit for crop production. 
Mr. Grarr. You covered the land with 4 feet of water? 
Mr. Wuitnry. No; 4 inches. 
Mr. Wricut. What is the expense per acre of doing it? 
Mr. Wuirney. About $15. | 
Mr. Haucen. That is for the tile? 
Mr. Wuitney. Yes. 
Mr. Haucen. How much did the water cost you? 
Mr. Wricur. That is what I mean; the whole expense. 
Mr. Wurrney. The water there is an appurtenance to the land. 
They have it any way. 
The Cnarrman. Irrigation? 
Mr. Wuiryey. It is irrigation water; yes. 
Mr. Haucen. You have to buy it, do you not? 
Mr. Wuirwey. They own the stock. 
Mr. Brooks. The owner of the land furnishes the water for your 
cxperiments ? 
Mr. Wuitnery. Yes, sir. 
Mr. Havezn. What do they do with this land after it is reclaimed ? 
I understand they have not water sufficient to supply the land. 
Mr. Wuirney. In that locality they have an abundant supply of 
water. Unfortunately it is in litigation. There are two or three par- 
ties claiming to own the whole amount, but they have water enough to 
irrigate a great deal of the land. 
Mr. Haucen. I understand the good lands there are not cultivated 
now for lack of water, ; 
Mr. Wuirney. At Salt Lake City? 
Mr. Havesn. So I understand from parties living there. I was 
told so last year. 
Mr. Wurrney. There has been a great deal of trouble, but much of 
that trouble, as Mr. Mead will tell you when he comes before the com- 
mittee, is pure cussedness, litigation. A man owns so much stock of 
water and he lets that water run whether he uses it or not, because if he 
does not use it somebody else will use it, and then when he does want 
it he can not get it. 
Mr. Burreson. Is Mr. Mead under your Bureau? 
Mr. Wurrney. No, sir. 
Mr. Haucen. Is this land you have reference to on the lake? 
Mr. Wurrtney. No; it is between Salt Lake City and the lake. 
Mr. Haucen. Between the mountain and the lake? 
Mr. Wurtney. Yes. 
Mr. Wrieur. I would like to ask the value of those lands after they 
have been reclaimed and this expense put on them? ; 
Mr. Wurrney. I think next spring we shall make another alkali 
survey of that tract. We have had two made already. Next spring 
