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BULLETIN" 71, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



good, even with such shallow drainage. The manager said in this connection 

 that although the crops were good the cane, especially, did not seem to stand 

 drought very well. This probably was due to the very shallow depth of root 

 growth that such a small depth of drainage would permit. As this tract is a 

 part of the typical wet prairie found in this section, the results attained would 

 seem to show that the successful reclamation of these lands already is a certainty. 



AREA NO. 2, LOCKPORT, LA FOURCHE PARISH, LA. 



This tract (fig. 6) adjoins the village of Lockport and contains 647 acres. 

 The land from which this district was reclaimed is typical of the open grass- 



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Fig. 6. — Sketch map of area No. 2, Lockport, La Fourche Parish, La., showing arrange- 

 ment of ditches and levees. 



covered prairies that lie to the west of Bayou La Fourche. The front levee line 

 is located about 1 mile back from the bayou, and is nearly parallel to it. From 

 here the tract extends back into Lake Fields, which at one time covered to a 

 depth of from 1 to 3 feet about one-half of the area inclosed with levees. The 

 muck on this tract varies in depth from 18 inches on the higher portions to 

 perhaps 8 inches on the bed of the lake. A detailed description of the character 

 of this muck has been given in connection with the special investigation of 

 muck soils (p. 13). Reclamation on this tract was started in 1907. and the 

 area was nearly all brought under cultivation by the growing season of 1911. 



