go Our Farming. 



course, in the gravel, as we could not dig down in the water to 

 make fall. I put in four-inch tiles, and closed the ditch, without 

 any outlet. But it was in the direction that I could make use of 

 it afterwards, if it became necessary to go on to P. It was a hard 

 and dangerous job, digging through that bank 10 feet deep. 

 Twice one of us was buried so he had to be dug out. We had to 

 partly crib the ditch with planks. After the main was laid we 

 put some 400 feet of two -inch tiles in to collect the water quickly 

 in the w r ay of side drains. These were put but 8 to 10 feet apart, 

 and about 16 inches deep. When this was all done, we plowed 

 the field and put in the potatoes. The job cost about $10, for 

 tiles, and our own labor only. The hole filled with water, as 

 usual, during a heavy shower, but was quickly gone. As an eye- 

 sore it seems to be ended, but whether I can grow a full crop of 

 potatoes in there in a wet season, I am not certain. The wheat, 

 after potatoes, was grand right through this liole. Of course, w r e 

 had to mow it with a scythe. The clover there now is the same. 

 We rather hope we are agoing to be able to draw big crops from 

 there, and put nothing back as long as we live. Time will tell. 



I have now given you samples of all the different kinds of 

 irregular draining we have done on our farm. 



