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ARE THE ENGRAVINGS FAIR AND TRUTHFUL V 



Yes, wholly so ; or, if any thing, they do not give the facts 

 strongly enough in favor of drainage ; for, really, the trees 

 and wheat in Fig. 10 (the same as plat 2 of Fig. 8) have had 

 the best chance. Naturally the land in Fig. 10 is better than 

 tint in Fig. 9, both for orchard and wheat, being more roll- 

 ing ; and, still further, it lies nearer to the street and to the 

 barn (see Fig. 8), and, to my certain knowledge, has had 

 more manure for the past forty years. Even since I have 

 owned the place, nearly twenty-seven years, it has had most 

 manure, both because one naturally likes to have the crops- 

 near the public road look well, and because it is handier to 

 draw the manure there if there is not enough for the whole. 

 Aside from this, which favors the part not tiled, the repre- 

 sentation is absolutely fair and truthful. 



The point of view was fairly chosen on the line between 

 the drained and undrained part, and in far enough from the 

 southwest edge to give the middle part of both plats, unaf- 

 fected by outside influences, such as prevailing winds, 

 storms, etc. It is true, that some varieties of trees are 

 thriftier growers, such as Baldwins, Astrachans, etc., but 

 the rows of varieties run ((cross both plats (Fig. 8); that is, 

 the rows are perpendicular to the street, not parallel. The 

 same has been true of the tillage, drilling-in of the wheat, 

 application of superphosphates, etc. All have been perpen- 

 dicular to the street, and across both plats. The same kinds 

 of trees (original planting) are in the same relative position 

 in Figs. 9 and 10. Mice, rabbits, and careless tillage, were 

 alike in both plats. In short, every thing is absolutely fair; 

 or, if unfair at all, it is unfair to the tiled part, shown in 

 Fig. 9. 



What ailed the trees in Fig. 10? Most of those that died, 

 died of wet feet. In spite of the excellent slope, which aver- 

 ages a fall of fully three feet to the hundred, the tenacious 

 and compact clayey soil has been much of the seasoir super- 

 saturatedfull of " hydrostatic water." But tree-roots (ex- 



