PUBLISHED BY ROBERT CLARKE fef CO 

 A NEW EDITION 



OF 



The Principles and Practice 



OF 



LAND DRAINAGE; 



Embracing a brief History of Under draining: 



A detailed examination of its Operation and ^dvant 



A description of various kinds of Drains, with 



Practical Directions for their Construction ; 



The Manufacture of Drain Tile, etc. 



ILLUSTRATED BY NEARLY 100 ENGRAVINGS. 



By JOHN H. KLIP PART, 



"Wheat Plant;" Corresponding Secretary of 

 Board of Agriculture, etc. 



2nd Edition, i Vol. I2mo., Cloth, Price, $1.75. 



Author of the "Wheat Plant;" Corresponding Secretary of the Ohio State 

 Board of Agriculture, etc. 



Within the last few years the subject of Drainage has been 

 thoroughly studied, and its importance and advantages practi- 

 cally demonstrated by the Agriculturists of Europe, and par- 

 ticularly of Great Britain ; while in this country it has re- 

 ceived but little attention from farmers generally ; so little, 

 indeed, that when occasionally intelligent men undertake the 

 thorough drainage of their farms, they usually get credit from 

 their do-as-my-father-did neighbors, of burying their money 

 with their tiles. The resulting improved appearance of their 

 farms, and the increased quantity and superior quality of theii 



