Author: Charles Kettleborough

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-20

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9780331512397

Excerpt from Drainage and Reclamation of Swamp and Overflowed Lands In addition, there are acres of arable lands which do not produce within 23570 as much as they should because of insufficient drainage. These unprofitable, dis ease-breeding swamps, distributed over the entire national domain from the Atlantic to the Rockies and from the Lakes to the Gulf, constitute a national liability of several billions of dollars. To this incredible economic loss should be added an annual waste of through the deaths, disability and loss of earning power due to malaria germs which flourish unchecked in these uncultivated areas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.