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of drains on the northwest field of the farm and that lying west 

 and south of the barnyard was made according to the directions 

 therein laid down. By the time this was completed the very im- 

 portant inventions of Mr. C. W. Boynton, in connection with 

 the manufacture of draining tiles, enabled me to adopt a much 

 simpler and more satisfactory method, which, in its application to 

 the rest of the farm, has proven itself to be in many respects a 

 great improvement. And I would gladly pay one-half of the cost 



Fig. 48. Fig. 49. 



of the original work to have it, also, done in the same manner. 

 Mr. Boynton's improvement consists, first, in the making of tiles 

 of the best quality of fire-clay, two feet long ; and second, in the 

 use of "junction pieces," which are short tiles of the size of the 

 main, having a branch at the side to which the lateral may be 

 attached. 



The character of these junctions, and the manner in which 

 they may be used, will be readily understood by reference to the 

 following description : — 



Formerly the best way to admit a lateral drain into a main was 

 by breaking a hole (with a light sharp-pointed pick) into the side 

 of one of the tiles of the main, trimming off the end of the lateral 

 so as to make it fit as closely as practicable. It was impossible 



in this way to make 

 a joint that would 

 not more or less ob- 

 struct the flow of the 

 stream. 



Boynton's junc- 

 tion, however, (Fig. 

 50,) consisting of a 

 short tile of the size 

 of the main, with a piece of the size of the lateral, attached to it 

 before burning, so smoothly moulded that the stream is in no way 



Fig. 50. 



