TILE DRAINAGE 



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pro^ading several thousand pieces of paper or cloth, besides 

 the trouble of laying them on the joints, will not usually 

 be found profitable. The upper ends of all lines of tile, 

 however, should be carefully closed by placing a flat stone 

 or piece of brick against them. 



Fig. 9. Showing walled outlet with guards. 



FILLING THE DITCH. 



The tile should first be covered with loose earth, care 

 being taken that clods and stones are not dropped directly 

 on them and thus break or knock them out of place. After 

 the tile are once covered the remaining dirt may be put back 

 in several ways, the faster the better. Among the hand 

 tools used for this work the short handled shovel is perhaps 

 the best, although with some kinds of dirt the ordinary 

 four-pronged potato hook is very good. There are no horse- 

 power implements made purposely for filling ditches, but 

 several forms of home-made ones can be fixed up. A good 

 scraper can be made by setting a plank on edge and fasten- 



