At the present time tile are much higher than they might be in New Brunswick. 

 At the Experimental Station three inch tile have cost us from $15 to $28 per thousand 

 feet and larger sizes in proportion. 



To give a general idea as to cost, the following figures may be taken. 



With tiles at the given price per thousand, soil that will enable a power machine 

 to dig to a depth of 39 inches at 30c. per rod and a horse device for filling in the ditch, 

 the following will be the cost per rod : 



Tile at $15 at $20 at $28 



Tile 24.8c. 33c. 46.2c. 



Excavation 30 30 30 



Distributing and laying tile 4 4 4 



Filling ditch 5 5 5 



63.8c. 72c. 85.2c. 



Land under-drained which gave only a half ton of almost worthless hay per acre 

 I have seen yielding, by the aid of cultivation alone, from 23^ to 3 tons of the highest 

 priced Timothy hay, worth this year from $13 to $18 per ton. At the Experimental 

 Station we had a field of four and one-third acres so wet that it had never given anything 

 but a light crop of hay. After draining it at the cost of $75.00 per acre, with the help of 

 the power ditcher, we had the following season 340 barrels of potatoes from it without 

 the application of $1.00 worth of manure. The potatoes yielded at the rate of 783^ 

 barrels per acre, and sold for $86.35 per acre. Deducting cost of raising them, $38.00, 

 it left $48.35 profit. This would pay the interest on the money invested of $4.50 and 

 leave $43.85 to go against the cost of drainage, thus in one year reducing the indebted- 



against the land to $31.15 per acre. 



"The man who, expending his energies wholly on private affairs, refuses to take 

 part in public affairs, pluming himself on his wisdom in minding his own business, is 

 blind to the fact that his own business is made possible only by the prosperity of all." 



— Herbert Spencer. 



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