DIVISION OF FIELD HUSBANDRY 187 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



DRAINAGE. 



After the removal of the old fences, and the ploughing up of the old, unpro- 

 ductive sod land, underdrainage was the first improvement work that claimed our 

 attention; 9,410 feet of tile were laid during the season on land intended to be planted 

 to orchard and a beginning was made in the draining of the land to be used for general 

 crop production. 



In order to demonstrate to just what extent underdrainage is profitable, two 

 four-year rotations were laid down, one of which will be thoroughly undcrdraincd, 

 while the other will be left undrained. Records of the cost per acre to operate, 

 and the value of the products from each rotation will be kept, so that at some 

 future time we shall be able to publish reliable data as to the length of time 

 required for the drains to pay for the cost of their installation. 



Ste. Annie. 



