282 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The drains on plats 3 and 13 and the " headers" B and C, 

 were running at 10 a.m. on the 22d inst., and at 11 a.m. all 

 the drains were running with the exception of the one on 

 plat 19. 



Samples of the drainage waters, for analysis, were taken 

 from plats 0, 3, 13, and from the "header" C. That 

 from plat was not clear. 



At 1.30 P.M. all the drains were running, and the water 

 was clear, with the exception^of that from plat 7, which was 

 slightly turbid. The drains from plats 15, 17 and 19 dis- 

 charged less than the others. 



At 2.30 P.M. samples of the drainage waters were taken 

 for analysis from all the plats and from the headers B and C. 

 At 5 P.M. the header C was running full, the drains on 

 plats 0, 1 and 3 nearly full, and all others more than half 

 full. 



Later in the evening all the drains were running full. On 

 the 23d inst. all the drains were running a good stream at 

 11 A.M., and the discharge from the laterals continued until 

 June 2, heavy showers having fallen on the 28th and 31st 

 of May. The samples of drainage waters were taken to the 

 laboratory, where they were analyzed under the supervision 

 of Director Goessmann, with the results given in the follow- 

 ins: Table : — 



