THE DRAINAGE OF FARMS. 



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8. SUFFOLK DRAINING. I will now allow an intelligent 

 farmer in Suffolk to speak for himself, and describe the modes 

 of draining adopted in that improved county. 



In the first place, the line is marked out by a plough going 

 and returning, and forming a furrow eighteen inches wide and 

 five deep. This is followed by another large plough, which 

 turns out another furrow ten inches wide by five deep : and thus 

 the plough has formed a drain ten inches wide by ten inches 

 deep. The workman, in the next place, with a common spade, 

 digs a trench nine inches deep : and the next step is with a 

 narrow spade to go eleven inches deeper, and with a scoop take 

 out the loose dirt. 



The narrow spade is 1^ inches wide at 

 bottom, and *2J inches wide at top. It is 

 in depth (the blade) 13 inches, but. working 

 in a slanting direction, it only digs out about 

 11 inches. 



&quot; After the digging, a small quantity of 

 stubble is laid along the narrow drain, a: 

 is pressed down about three inches by the 

 spade into the narrow drain. The suit 

 is not pressed to the bottom, but a f:-: 

 sage for the water is left under it. Earth. 

 heavy or light indifferently, is then sh: v 

 in over the haulm. and the plough is used 

 to assist in covering the drain. 



&quot; Sometimes heath is used instead of sti 

 binds twisted : sometimes a ; scud of straw is 

 upper part of the narrow drain. O: = 



laid along the bottom of the drain. rilling up is done : 



and the rope is afterwards drawn along, thus securing the 

 from the crumbs of earth at the bottom : but this precaution is 

 unnecessary. At other times all filling up is di&amp;lt; - with, 

 and aboard (or piece of plank) of the same dimer.s - :::s as the 

 narrow drain is fitted into it ; the earth is then rammed down 

 on to the edge of the board, and the board is drawn alo::^ the 

 drain, leaving an arched water-way behind it.&quot; An exam- 

 given of some drains, formed six years previous to the account. 

 continuing to do well. 



Sometimes fa^ot-wood is laid alons the bottom of the drain. 



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