132 TILE DRAINAGE. 



large silt-basin at the side of the road where the water comes 

 from the culvert, or bridge, and goes into the tile, by placing 

 under the inlet to the tile a hogshead, or very large barrel. 

 All the trash that comes through under the bridge goes down 

 into this hogshead ; and when it is full we clean it out. 

 Floating stuff is kept out by means of a piece of heavy poul- 

 try-netting. 



SANITARY TILING. 



Much is being said of late about fevers being caused by 

 impure drinking-water. In view of this it behooves every 

 one of us to save the money we pay to doctors (so far as we 

 can) and expend it in buying and laying tiles. If you can not 

 do any more underdraining, be sure you have plenty of tiles 

 all around your house, your well, and your cistern. Then 

 watch the outlets. Guard them as you would guard your 

 reputation. Last summer, more than $100 was paid out for 

 doctors and medicine because of one spell of malarial fever ; 

 and I have decided to invest some more money in tiles in a 

 way that I hope may avert similar attacks in our family. A 

 few days ago I met a poor man who said his doctor-lull was 

 $280, and he was in very poor health at the time. He lives 

 in California, where doctors are expensive, especially as he 

 lives several miles from the town where the doctor is. I 

 could not help wondering whether he would not have been 

 almost as well if he had not been doctored quite so much. Of 

 course, we do not know about these things ; but this we do 

 know : Where drain tile will save the necessity of the doc- 

 tor's visits, it is wiser and better to spend the money in buy- 

 ing drain tile and cutting ditches. 



HYDRAULIC ENGINEERS, ETC. 



In regard to employing a competent engineer to lay out 

 your ground, as a general thing I believe the man who owns 

 the ground can do his own engineering. Friend Terry's plan 

 is, to pour some water in the ditch and see whether the wa- 

 ter will run. If it does not run to suit you, go at it again, 



