732 FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO. 



SOLOMON J. WOOLEY, 



HILLIARD, FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Tiling — How to Make Drains — Depth — Laterals — Velocity 

 of Water — Cost of Draining per Acre — Pastures — Cattle — 

 Sheep — Hogs — Horses — Rotation of Crops — Manures. 



APPLEDALE FARM. 



Twenty-three years ago I came to what was then the 

 wettest and most neglected portion of Franklin county, and 

 purchased six hundred acres of heavily timbered swamp land. 

 I deadened four hundred acres at once, and in the course of 

 time rented to all who wanted, from twenty to forty acres of 

 land for the term of five years, with the understanding that at 

 the expiration of the lease the land was all to be cleared of 

 timber. * 



V TILING. 



I at once commenced a system of drainage, which I have 

 continued ever since, draining with tile as I had the money to 

 spare, always laying the tile myself, and making sure that 

 every tile was laid exactly right. 



Although there are fifteen miles of tile drains on my farm, 

 the low, wet and swaley lands have been drained with round 

 tile (which I consider the best), at a depth of from three to 

 six feet, and some of the dry land at a depth of from three to 

 four feet, and laid from six to eight rods apart. On the black, 

 wet, swaley land, it has paid many fold, while on the clay 

 land, my most sanguine expectations have been more than 

 realized. 



HOW TO MAKE DRAINS. 



The distance between drains must be determined by the 

 nature of the soil, their depth, and the amount of fall. A 

 loose, porous soil will permit water to reach the drains for a 

 long distance, while a tough, compact clay is almost impervious 



