268 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Drainage of Buildings. 



After every heavy rain in the spring the floor of the box 

 stalls, the scale pit in the barn, and the cellar of the house, 

 were flooded with water — the soil in the vicinity of the 

 buildings being completely saturated, almost to the surface. 



On the 6th of May I presented to Director Goessman a 

 report of expenditures made by me in the work under my 

 charge, together with estimates and recommendations in 

 regard to the drainage of the buildings. 



The construction of this system of drains having been 

 authorized by the Board of Control, the work was begun by 

 securing an outlet, by a junction with the main drain of the 

 experimental plats, where it crosses the road on the south 

 line of the experimental farm. 



As a matter of economy, I can only repeat the recommend- 

 ation made in the report of May 6th : that a six-inch tile 

 should be laid from the culvert, where the present main has 

 its outlet, to the small stream running across the farm, in 

 order to secure a permanent outlet for the system of drains 

 on the experiment farm. 



In laying the main for the drainage of the buildings the 

 same difficulties were encountered as in the case of the 

 mains of the experiment plats, with the additional disadvan- 

 tage of running water in the trenches, notwithstanding the 

 work was done later in the season. A plan of these drains, 

 showing their relation to the buildings, is given on the fol- 

 lowing page : — 



