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TILE DRAINAGE 



Avitli a four-foot handle for throwing out the loose dirt 

 in the bottom of the ditch. No. 7 is a long-bladed spade 

 which can be used in place of No. 2 for making the groove 

 in the bottom. No. 8 is a tile hook for laying the tile from 

 the top of the ground. Although all of these tools are con- 

 venient for the purposes intended, their use is not absolutely 

 essential. Many good drains have been put in with no other 



Fig. 5. Showing different kinds of drainage tools. 



tool than the common shovel. If the diggers are accus- 

 tomed to them the work will be facilitated by their use, 

 but if they are not, it is better to allow them to use the 

 tools to their own liking in preference to those theoreti- 

 cally the best. Difficulty was experienced with the two 

 Italians who put in the drains on the Station farm last 

 fall in getting them to use these tools. They would say 

 that they could not work fast with them and, observation 

 proving the fact, they were allowed to use the common 

 shovel for most of the work. 



