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TILE DRAINAGE 



The following itemized account of the cost of labor and 

 materials to thoroughly drain four acres of land here at 

 the Station will be of interest in showing about what the 

 New Hampshire farmer may expect to pay for similar 

 work : 



Tile : 



3,674 feet 3-inch at $20 per thousand . . $73.48 



716 feet 4-inch at $36 per thousand 

 15 3 X 4 Ys at $0.20 each . 

 Unloading tile from cars 



Total for tile ..... 

 Laying out drains and distributing tile : 

 Staking and getting levels on field, 



Man with instrument, 6 hours . 



One assistant, 6 hours 

 Distributing 4,390 feet of tile along ditches, 



Man and team, 11 hours . 



Total laying out and distributing 

 Digging : 

 Digging ditch, 52 days, 6 hours, at $1.50 . 

 Grading bottom of ditch, 21 hours, at $0.15 



Total digging .... 



Laying and filling: 

 Laying tile and just covering, 17.5 hours at $0.15 

 Filling ditch, 8.5 days at $1.50 



Total laying and filling .... 

 Total cost of drains .... 



Cost per rod. Percent 



Tile $0,409 



Laying out drains and distrib- 

 uting tile 029 



Digging 308 



Laying and filling .058 



25.78 

 3.00 

 6.50 



$108.76 



$3.00 

 .90 



3.85 



$7.75 



$78.90 

 3.15 



$82.05 



$2.62 

 12.75 



$15.37 

 213.93 



of total cost. 



50.9 



3.6 

 38.3 



7.2 



Total per rod $0,804 



100.0 



