1836 The Cornell Reading-Courses 



(In answering questions, attach additional paper if needed a-nd number the 

 answers.) 



The following questions will call attention to the soil conditions in your 

 home region. We should be glad to have you direct our attention to any 

 soil conditions that you consider as needing special investigation, or to 

 any practices that you consider especially successful or especially unwise 

 as applied to yovir soils. 



I. Explain the- relation of underdrainage to the forms and amounts 

 of moisture in the soil. 



2 . Entunerate and explain twelve beneficial effects of land drainage. 



3 . Explain why hill land may need drainage. 



