UNDER DRAINAGE. 



77 



Three and one-half cords pig manure, and 



carting, .... 

 Spreading turf ashes and manure, 

 Grass and turnip seed, 

 Sowing, harrowing, &c. t . 

 Harvesting hay, at $5 per ton, 

 " turnips, 



Yalue of the crops : — 



307 bushels of turnips, at 20 cents, . 



4 tons and 1,862 pounds of first crop of 



hay, at $21 per ton, .... 

 1 ton and 1,140 pounds of hay, at $19 per 



ton, 



Expense, . 



Net profit, 



Miltoit, 1854. 



$135 12 



29 83 



— 194 69 

 . 135 12 



. $59 57 



UNDER DRAINAGE. 



[From the Transactions of the Essex Society.] 



It may not be improper in this connection to state the result 

 of an experiment in underdraining, entered for premium, but 

 too late to be examined by the committee. It being the first 

 of the kind ever presented to the society, it is submitted by 

 the secretary as a valuable and interesting paper. 



Statement of Epliraim Brown. 



The following is an account of an experiment in underdrain- 

 ing completed by me two years ago this fall; the accompany- 

 ing diagram is a representation of the land and the drains, 

 which, after two years' trial, have proved entirely successful. 



