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think steam ploughing could consist with open drain- 

 age. 



Mr. Gillespie's paper on " Some effefls of thejate rain- 

 falls" having also been declared open to discussion : 



Mr. Gilzean said the paper was very interesting, but 

 hardly admitted of argument. The fa6ls were there and 

 very unfortunate fa6ts they were, and they had to thank 

 Mr. Gillespie for putting them so clearly before the 

 Society. 



The President agreed with Mr. Gillespie generally 

 but did not approve of his obje6lions to drilling in heavy 

 wet weather. His (Mr. Duncan's) experience was that 

 at such times this was the only work they could do, and 

 he did not think the soil was likely to be injured if it 

 were carefully and properly done. He had always been 

 a firm believer in burying trash in dry weather or when 

 he expected it to be dry, but had seen it unsuccessful in 

 wet seasons. Burying it with the shovel was also some- 

 times succesful. Otherwise he agreed with Mr. Gillespie 

 and thought the Society ought to be much obliged to him 

 for his paper. 



Mr. Gillespie affirmed that what he had stated about 

 drilling was the result of a6lual experience. He knew 

 those fields which were drilled and those which were not 

 and had given the results. He thought the land became 

 poached by drilling in heavy weather. The men could 

 not stand when drilling without doing this. To relieve 

 the land from surface water shovel moulding was, he 

 thought, more effe6lual than drilling, as well as cheaper, 

 and could be managed when hoe moulding was impos- 

 sible. 



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