While it has met with some failures due to unwise selection of projects and lack of thorough soil surveys, so that they could not be placed on a sound business basis, on the whole the service has been of such incalculable benefit in so many States that no one would advocate its abandonment.
Coolidge acknowledges the mixed results of federal reclamation efforts but defends their overall value.
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