CHAPTER XV 

 CONSTRUCTION OF TILE DRAINS 



Filling by Hand. After the tile are laid and blinded in, 

 as little hand labor as possible should be used in filling the 

 ditches. The usual price for the work of filling ditches by 

 hand is ten cents per rod, while the same work will cost one 

 to two cents per rod where horses and implements are used. 

 Of course there are places near and under fences or embank- 

 ments where the ditches must be filled by hand. 



Fig. 61. Filling the ditch with a plow. 



Filling with the Plow. One of the most convenient and 

 satisfactory methods of filling a tile ditch is to plow it full. 

 To do this successfully, an ordinary stirring plow may be 

 used, one horse being hitched to each end of a long double- 



