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The drainage situation in The Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas / L.L. Hidinger.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hidinger, Leroy Lemayne
Corporate Authors:	United States. Office of Experiment Stations, United States. Department of Agriculture
Format:	Government Document Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Office of Experiment Stations, 1911.
Series:	Circular (United States. Office of Experiment Stations) ; 103.
Subjects:	Drainage > Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) Drainage. North America > Rio Grande Valley.

Table of Contents:

Introduction. pp. 5.
Drainage. pp. 8.
Soils. pp. 9.
Crops grown. pp. 12.
Rainfall. pp. 13.
Alkali : Kinds and quantities allowable
Alkali content of soils of lower Rio Grande Valley. pp. 14.
Allowable salt content of irrigation water : Salt content of Rio Grande water. pp. 22.
Rise of ground water in soils. pp. 25.
Methods of reclaiming soils. pp. 28.
Results of attempted reclamation. pp. 29.
Plans for drainage. pp. 33.
Summary. pp. 36.