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away the surplus water in order that you may be able to plow 

 and till the soil and thereby admit and condense what is in the 

 air, for the constant use of the plant. The crying need, for 

 the heavy lands, is "drainage." Ten million dollars in Ohio, 

 alone, would only be a fair beginning of what ought to be in- 

 vested for first-class underdrainage ; and nothing would pay bet- 



Photo 80, Yielding Abundantly. 



ter. Then your "rain-makers" could be put into operation. 

 You can see them in Photo 79. Photo 80 shows a piece of land 

 that had been "skinned to death." It was purchased by Mr. J. 

 E. French, Wickliff, O. First thing was underdrainage ; then 

 they could go in on it and work it. Rye and other green crops 

 were plowed under ; manure, lime, etc., put on, and here, at the 

 end of three years, is the reward: Corn fourteen feet high! 



