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Excerpt: During the past three or four years there has been a rapid and continuous increase of interest in the reclamation of the tide marsh lands along the Atlantic coast, and enough has been done to encourage the belief that it will be possible under proper methods to reclaim a great portion of this now almost worthless land and make it valuable for agricultural purposes. All the lands along the coast which are covered or practically covered with salt water at high tide are classed as salt marsh. They extend from the eastern point of Maine to the peninsula of Florida, being broken in places and with irregular boundaries, and vary in width from a few hundred feet to several miles.