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inches deep, throwing- the subsoil to the top, it became the most 

 productive land that I had. 



WHAT KIND OF LAND NEEDS DRAINING. 



I doubt if a piece of land could be found which would not 

 be benefited by draining, so that we might truthfully say that 

 all lands need it, the only possible exception being those that 

 have a gravelly or sandy subsoil. 



On visiting a friend some years since, I found him drain- 

 ing a wet, springy piece of land at the foot of a liill. He was 

 digging his drain about eighteen inches deep ; he said that he 

 had read that it was no use to make the drain deeper than the 

 veins. I tried to get hira to make his drain four feet, as he 

 had a good outlet, and finally he put them in three feet ; and 

 on examinhig them several years after, I found that the water 

 veins had sunk to the bottom of the drain, and this piece of 

 wet and useless land liad become the most valuable on his 

 farm, and at the end of his tile drain was a living spring of 

 pure wafer that never froze over, which was valuable for his 

 stock. 



The water from tile drains is the purest that we have, and 

 is the best for culinary purposes, and where the land lies in 

 such a shape that it can be used for stock, it is the best water 

 that we have for that purpose. 



DRAINAGE FOR HEALTH ABOUT A HOME. 



It should be remembered that the well is the outlet for at 

 least ten rods in all directions. I have known whole families 

 to die, and it was said to be the mysterious providence of God, 

 when it was nothing but the cesspools, barn-yards, cow-stables, 

 pig-pens, and slops of the house, all emptying their foulness 

 into the well. 



The soil lying between the source of impurity and, the 

 well has a certain amount of cleansing power, and while effec- 

 tive withhold the impurity, but by degrees it becomes foul 

 further and further on ; and this insidious process of fouling 

 the semi-porous earth with impurity inch by inch continues 

 until, in time, it reaches the well, and then every drop that 



