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of the top soil. (See Chart No. 3.) Mr. Dunn is of the opinion 

 that it would be better to put the entire bottom land that he owns 

 in timothy, and farm the upland. Considering the price of timothy 

 hay, and the resistance that a good grass sod maintains during 

 flood times, it seems that this would be a very good plan. 



Summary of Damage to Soil. The following table gives the 

 amount in acres that was covered with silt, sand, or gravel, and the 

 amount denuded, and the number of acres lost by bank cutting on 

 White River. 



TABLE No. 4. 







Bank 







County. 



Denuded. 



Cutting. 



Sand. 



Silt. 



West Fork. 















299 



30 



77 



2,000 





0 





ou 



1 nnn 

 I ,uuu 



Greene 



1,812 



38 



256 



3,218 



Owen 



1,699 



22 



223 



289 



Morgan 



438 



27 



264 



2,370 



Total 



4,723 



145 



870 



8,850 



East Fork. 











Jackson . 



1,084 



9 



50 



2,400 



Washington 



143 



Very^little. 



50 



300 



Lawrence 



1,300 



Very little. 



550 



3,280 



Martin 



1,660 



Very little. 



50 



780 



Total 



3,127 



15 



700 



6,760 



Total for both Forks . 



7,850 



160 



1,570 



15,600 





At $20 per acre. 



At $75 per acre. 



At $50 per acre. 





Estimated loss 



$157,000 



$12,000 



$77,500 





Total Loss in Dollars to Soil . . $246,500 



As far as possible, every farmer was questioned as to the effect 

 of soil wash on succeeding crops. The general consensus of 

 opinion was to the effect that there would be about half a crop 

 the first year, two-thirds the second, three-fourths the third year, 

 and if a subsequent flood did not come there would be a full crop 



