290 EXPERIMENTS IN DRAINING. 



supply of water, which I carry out far enough clown 

 the hill or slope, to bring it above the surface of the 

 ground and into a cask, by means of a lead pipe, 

 which is laid in the same ditch with the tile. After 

 getting a short distance from the well or fountain, 

 the surplus water from this cask or tub, (for there is 

 constantly a half-inch stream running in and out of 

 it,) runs again down the outside of the tub into the 

 tile drain below, which passes under the cask, leav- 

 ing all about the cask entirely dry. The fountain is 

 stoned up like a well, within two feet of the surface 

 of the ground, and covered over first with a large flat 

 stone, and then with earth, so that it is entirely ob- 

 scured and out of the way. I have three such 

 watering places on my farm, and the cost additional 

 to my drains, does not exceed ten dollars each on 

 the average. Their real value, I will not attempt 

 to estimate. 



The two-inch tile cost, at Waterloo, $10 per 1,000, 

 freight by railroad and wagons $4.50 per 1,000 ; 

 1,000 lay about 75 rods, so that the cost of the tile 

 per rod is about 19 cents ; add one cent per rod for 

 laying in the tile and the straw, makes the tile, when 

 laid, cost 20 cents per rod. I pay my workmen 20 

 cents per rod for digging and filling ; so that the 

 cost of the drain with the two-inch tile is about 40 



