UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 181 
Contribation from OfBce of Experiment Stations 
A. C. TRUE. Director 
Washington, D. C. 
PROFESSIONAL PAPER 
April 12, 1915 
A REPORT ON THE 
METHODS AND COST OF RECLAIMING 
THE OVERFLOWED LANDS ALONG THE 
BIG BLACK RIVER, MISSISSIPPI 
By 
LEWIS A. JONES, Drainage Engineer 
Assisted by W. J. SCHLICK,' Drainage Engineer, and 
C. E. RAMSER, Assistant Drainage Engineer 
CONTENTS 
Introduction 
Genera! Description of District . 
Present Drainage Conditions . . 
The Survey 
The Drainage Problem .... 
Page 
1 
2 
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6 
7 
Run-off ,, 7 
Page 
Drainage Plans Considered 26 
Proposed Plan 27 
Maintenance 35 
Summary 35 
Appendix I, Bench Maries 37 
Appendix II, Floodway Data 38 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINfiNG OFFICE 
1915 
