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A STUDY OP FARM EQUIPMENT IN OHIO. 



enough to admit tile 2^ to 5 inches in diameter. At the present time 

 the cost of laying tile is considerably greater. For central Iowa in 

 1910 the prices for laying tile were about as follows: For 4, 5, and 



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FiQ. 2.— Plan showing the drainage system of farm 10, in Putnam County, Ohio. 



G inch tiles laid 3 feet deep, 44 cents per rod, with \\ cents additional 

 for each inch over depth, the owner fdling the ditch; for 8, 9, and 10 

 inch tile, 62^ cents per rod, with 2\ cents per inch additional for 



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