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FARTrlERS' REGISTER 



No. 1 



Plate XX. Sections representing the Mode of filling the various kinds of covered Brains, 8fc. 



No. 5 

 No. 1 



Porous upper 

 soil. 



Sand or gravel. 

 Clay. 



18 in. 



Loose mould thrown in one foot. 



Thin sod inverted 2 inches thick. 



Round land stones, one foot thick 



Flat stone or cover 4 inches thick 

 Sough or Conduit 6 inch, square 

 lined with stone. 



Loose mould 

 thrown in 1 foot. 



Clay, &c. 



Straw, &c , 6 

 inches thick. 



Brushwood laid 



longitudinally & 



suspended by 



: cross billets of 



wood, leaving the 



bottom and^sides 



to the height of 



the cross billeta open, which is one foot 6 inches. 



1 foot. 



No. 2 



Porous uppfr 

 •oil. 





Clay, Sic 



Loose mould as above. 



Thill sod inverted, straw, heath, 



or rushes. 

 Round land stones, or faggots of 



brushwood. 

 Flat stone or cover, 4 in. thick. 



Triangular opening of 6 or 8 in. 



Land stones, &c. same as above. 



Triangular, or coupled opening 

 of 6 or 8 inches. 



Loose mould or gravel, 1 foot. 



mj \ Sod, straw, heath, or rushes, 4 in. 



jLand stones thrown in proniis" 

 i cuously, one foot iiuohestliick- 



1 foot. 



No. 6 



Clay, &,c. 



1 foot. 



-7 Loose mould or 

 gravel, 1 foot. 



Sod inverted 6 in. 



Pipe, or opening 

 formed by the 

 draining spade 

 Ift.deep, &8in. 

 wide at shoul- 

 ders. 



No. 7 



Gravel or 



Porous 



soil. 



Clay. 



L 



1 



8 in. 



Gravel 1 ft. deep. 



Clay tramped in 6 

 inches. 

 Pipe or opening 

 formed by the 

 draining spade, 1 

 foot deep, and till- 

 ed with three large 

 straw ropes, laid 

 longitudinally. 



The depth of the above Drains is mostly three feet, but as tlie nature of the soil may require, the depth may be more or 

 iMs; and tlie materials and mode of lilUng proportioned accordingly. 



Draining Bricks. 



No. 2 



2 in. (i inches. 2 in. 



