Long Rain Changes Woodlot Near New Jersey Community BRIDGETOWN, N J — Wha! would" happen to the UJS. land , scape if 30 times the average rains felt, for example, on the crowded j region between New York and Washington, D C.'1 Fur the last three years, in a patch of woods in southern New Jersey, millions of gallons ol water have hissed from gun-like spray nozzles as man-made ruiij Strange changes have taken place. Where once was an ordinary scrub oak woodlot. a jungle now grows Measured against world's rec ord rains (Cherrapunji. India, was doused with 1.041 inches in 12 f months, and averages 420 inches a yean this spot in New Jersey j has the wettest forest on earth I The region's normal rainfall is 41 J inches a year, but these few acres . have received up to 1.200 inches I in a year's time. The jungle stands on Seabrook Farms. a huge mechanized veget able garden and processing plant ; near the town of Bridgeton. I.ai 1 gest combined truck farm and frozen food factory in the nation, srfabrook Farms cover about 20,00(1 acres of rich fiatiands in Cumber ; land and Salem Counties west of Allantic City I1 cannery and freezing plant us,' * 'Y'«}.000 gallons of water a day at the peak of the packing sea son. Disposing of so much water was a serious problem. Alter try mg various methods of purifying the outflow, the company had almost decided to invest a mil lion dollars in a biofilter installa tion—gravel beds m which veg etable scraps and other wastes m the water would be consumed by bacteria. John Hopkins University, how* 1 ever, has a laboratory for the study of climate at Seubrook Farms.

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