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with vegetation. I explained to him what its 

 former condition had been, and that the invest- 

 ing of five hundred dollars in drain tiles would, 

 in twelve months, put his in the same condi- 

 tion. He, being a shrewd man, acted on the 

 advice, and at the termination of his lease, 

 purchased and paid for his eight acres twelve 

 thousand dollars, the savings of six years on 

 his drained garden. I honestly believe, that, 

 had he gone on without draining, he would not 

 have made twelve thousand dollars in twelve 

 years, far less twelve thousand dollars in six 

 years. My friend attributes his whole success 

 in life to our accidental meeting and conver- 

 sation that May morning, and consequently I 

 have no stancher friend on earth than he." 



Thus it will be seen that soils naturally the 

 most favorable for gardening purposes, are often 

 so wet as to make draining indispensable. 

 Where this is the case let the cultivator realize 



