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Cost of Tiling. 



1 \\[\\ give you a description of a .piece of land which I tiled 

 eleven years ago, and also the expense of tiling it at that time. 

 The piece in question consisted of about an acre, covered with 

 water the greater part of the time. Surrounding this water were 

 about four acres of land grown to willows and rushes, also under 

 water during wet seasons. Surrounding this last strip are about 

 four acres of what is usually known as border land (too wet to 

 plow and not wet enough to be called marsh), making about nine 

 acres in all. It was worth, for gra.zing purposes, at the outside 

 figures, not more than |40 per acre. The expense for draining 

 it was as follows: 



2,960 2f inch tiles at $10 per M $29 60 



1,136 3-inch tiles, at |12.50 per M 14 20 



432 4-inch tiles, at |16 per M 6 91 



512 6-inch tiles, at |2.5 per M 12 80 



Total $63 51 



10 per cent, discount for cash 6 35 



Leaving total amount paid for tiles $57 16 



315 rods of ditch, at 30c. per rod 94 54 



Hauling tiles from factory 15 00 



For making dike and open ditch 10 00 



Total cost for 9 acres $176 66 



Cost for one acre 19 62 



This land, worth $40 per acre, and costing $19.62 per acre for 

 draining, cost $59.62 per acre. The real value of the land now is 

 $100 per acre. 



This basin was the receptacle of a great deal of surface water 

 from a neighbor's farm, and, to prevent it from being flooded dur- 

 ing the heavy rains, I dug an open ditch on the upper side to a 

 ]i()iiit beyond tlie natural outlet of the basin, putting the earth 



