Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1914 — Hollanders Reclaiming Land. [ARTICLE]

Hollanders Reclaiming Land.

Hollanders boast that “God 'made the world, but the Dutch made Holland.” Land reclamation, a task that has been prosecuted steadily for centuries with such indefatigable energy, is still going on as actively as ever in Holland. From twenty thousand to

twenty-five thousand acres of land are reclaimed every year. It Is said, however, that more than two hundred and fifty thousand acres of the best soil Is still under water, not including the great area under the Zuyder Zee, the reclamation of which is a perennial topic of discussion.