, 1875-03-27

rI.ASa fnR ftt:pHEMtSD TIE rAstpA1sA,
II In cvidcnt tint any improvement os tin
tai removal Of thu n,alarla; that is. tlc varn,s
ewainps and 1olIdA must ba trat,le and slrcti
nn. 1horo swasnpa are i, two knip, ,-til,.s
having = great oStcnt, a. tho Hwanlrs Of U.:Ia
necessary 70 natno tl,cso latter, nil Ut
which could DO rendered t.nrn1cas t,y ita-
proving and onlairgin7 tho drains witt,
Which they nto hlroaly provided. either naturul
or artificial. Tho n!or'isa Of strscciacappc. fnr
tststA.,ce, can bc drained at n coat OF 0.t1'n,
francs by. draining its nnhsefrarcan out
!tt. This y tho estimate undo in 1879 by a
Naard OF Ilomail engineers. fl addition II
this, tho hnn of 170h11 ftanca III ilocol to ill
tiIct "itll water in tho winter, mud In tic HlRI-
lnHr aro ktaEnart pont}s. The largest hlul ,DsYt
imrortnnt, huweSor. Of all tho swaaspa III tim
CHnipaEna hro the aforementioned onos uf
IL 1873. The means OF t.eir roa,ovat vera Ill
rnstiga'o. by y comnt:eo Of three members of
tho Board Of Pnl'lie Works, Of which tbs writur
u tho preacts nr.icIo vas one. Two
tut" t them she muddy wa.ot s''' Of ,,.o II II.
bur aud I'LL them Mp hr tho dupusis wl,cl.
wond collect. II Was estimated that i. wn,lU
require sixty ycars to I'LL ~ each pond it being
necessary 10 dcpuBis tsHuU.U30 cnbc nlctreB of
earth III tho t}stia pont, mud ,,ore than vi, ,0oGU3
IN that uf Maecarcac. 70 ill tionl by balt
would cost over ~. .D)1,D1y trauca. 1t wonld le
also Too czpoh4iye to tecpnu them aud nntc
tlIo!n Will te sea 10 a. 20 tarn them Into hara,-
lcss Baltmntcr pal1t. Tho dirt which reHul.cl
from deepening them. and additional earth
brought fto1n Il diEtaEco FOR the purpose, codd
bo used to rRl4H tho lay0l Of tho banks III thu
pond no us 10 insure en easy 1rltua.o OF the
whole Cnnpagna into tho runflH. Tho cost 1r
tho plan wonl be Gvcr ~, 400 600 francs.
11IcHo pfoj jcrts wefo Nv pirGn vi, III favor nf
Tho Dutch 1neihna extensively employed in Italy
tu tho valley of tito 70. THIS method couBiHta
III removing the water by ncanH Ut kiCam
pumps. It l,aA been estimated t!,as This eau be
lnne at Il cost OF 1919 frlncs rcr hoc.aro NJ
reclaimed land for tho pond Of Ustla and lt.G7
fraHcs per hoctaro for Maccatcsc. Other small
roola eau be dried Up by portable etIatn PUMPS.
1t may ho Kasd. then. that tho cntiso A.rn To-
nla,io can bo Ill ainel at all exponss Of 4.Ul1i}D3
fraucs. hislocs not include tic pont no Mar Lea,
tho influence Of which, 1t a generally coucetici
d0tH not o1tend 50 far As 1sUIne. After oil tbiB
work shall have boen dono radical change III
tho mode Of cultivation will Etill TO necessary 10
contiuuo tho improvement. This Change can
not take place Immediately 1t requires new
buildings, improved Implements, and tu psoc,lre
thcso all at otlco will require au enormous out
lay with. to many caEca, na for instance In raig-
Ink forests, no raurns for many yehr8. The
change i'll tho Government l!aa greatly Htmnii-
itol tho tonuro by which tho land III tho Chm
t,aEna is held, the entail has ccn removed, and
tho la1lus belonging to tho rclisioua corporations
oilorcl for ra!o. These cliangss will Of cnursn,
result in on!asEing tho humber uf Hu7.l Eropye-
tors directly interested In the cultivation Of tho
soil