il Bul. 1358, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture PLATE X | 
F162768 
Fic. |.—A PooR RESERVOIR SITE 
Where overgrazing or other agencies have resulted in a gullied eroding watershed and stream 
} beds of shifting sands and gravels, storm waters are very muddy and quickly fill storage 
ib basins with silt 
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ia FIG. 2.—SCATTERING SALT AROUND A LEAKY BASIN TO INCREASE 
TRAMPLING, COMPACT THE SOIL, AND MAKE IT MORE IMPERVIOUS. 
New reservoirs in porous soils lose water rapidly from seepage. Occasional salting of the reced- 
ing shore line and the damp bottom of the empty basin aids “‘puddling”’ 
