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average. If the land is so wet as to require cribbing of 

 the trench the cost may run up to $50 an acre or even 

 higher. He says that the price of tile may be figured at 

 about 1 cent per inch of inside diameter for each foot of 

 length for small sizes and about 2 cents for large sizes. 

 Hand trenching costs from 15 to 25 cents a linear foot for 

 six feet deep. Machine trenching is considerably cheaper 

 but usually costs more than a dollar a rod. The system 

 installed at Kearney Park, California, with its pumping 

 system cost $59.59 an acre, but since it was to be used for 

 experimental purposes it was permissible that it be more 

 expensive than a system installed by the farmer for strictly 

 economic purposes. These figures must all be revised to 

 meet post-war prices. 



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