LAND DRAINAGE 



as much as four or five feet lower than the lowest 

 surface of the field, it will be a great saving, both 

 as regards expense and trouble. The ditch by 

 which the water is carried from the outlet must be 

 of sufficient capacity to serve its purpose at all 

 times and seasons in a thoroughly adequate 

 manner. 



The laying out of mains, sub-mains, and laterals 

 must depend wholly upon the character and 

 condition of the land. More skill is required to 

 lay out properly a complicated system of drains 

 than to conduct any other branch of the gardener's 

 work; and the designing of it is a more puzzling 

 matter than people generally realize, until they 

 have had some experience in it. 



In the brief space which we can give to the 

 subject it is impossible to describe minutely the 

 methods of mapping out such a system; and we 

 cannot do better, therefore, than to refer our 

 readers to George E. Waring, Jr.'s able work on 

 "Draining for Profit and Draining for Health," 

 which is the most complete work on this subject 

 with which we are acquainted. Any one who 

 has even a moderate amount of this class of 

 improvements in contemplation ought by all 



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