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tion and arrangement of the tile put in by Mr. Johnston. We know of 

 them only from his own statements. But how effective was his system 

 is well known from the results which have been observed from the very 

 beginning of his work along this line. He was widely recognized in the 

 State as an authority on practical drainage matters. In 1852 he was 

 awarded first prize by the New York State Agricultural Society for a 

 paper giving an account of his methods and results in tile draining. For 





Fig. 191. — Wheat stubble on Johnston farm which yielded 44 bushels per acre in 

 1907. A'ote the zvcll granulated condition of the lump of soil at the left of 

 the cut. 



a number of years he was chairman of the committee on drainage of the 

 above namerl society and did much in that capacity for the extension of 

 the practice. It is interesting to note in the proceedings of this society 

 in the fifties and sixties how the reports on draining center in the Seneca 

 Lake region presumably largely as a result of ]\Ir. Johnston's example. 

 The esteem of the man and the recognition given his work by his asso- 

 ciates is shown by the several gold and silver pieces presented to him from 

 time to time by different gentlemen and associations in the State. Cuts of 



