DRAtNING 



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ground is kept cold late in the Spring, from the 

 effects of stagnant water or snrface springs, it is 

 useless to attempt the culti^■ation of snch land, with 

 a view to profit, imtil it is thoroughly drained. We 

 have never known of an instancie, ^\'hen a judicious 

 outlay having been made for draining soils of this 

 character, but tlie result, in a 

 few years, has fully justified 

 the expenditure by vastly in- 

 creased productiveness, with 

 the same amount of labor and 

 manure that, before the land 

 was drained, would barely 

 pay expenses. 



The cost of draining an 

 ac;re of ground will depend 

 to some extent on the price 

 of labor, the tenacitj^ of the 

 soil, and the price of the tiles 

 or other material that will an- 

 swer the same purpose. 



In case tlie soil is com- 

 pact, the drains shoidd be 

 twenty feet apart and three 

 feet deep ; with a more ]ior- 

 ous sub-soil, thirty feet be- 

 tween will be close enough. 

 Stones are frequently \ised for this purpose, but, even 

 when in abundance on tlie land, they will be found 

 the most expensive and least effectual. Hound pi])es, 

 or sole tiles with collars, when properly laid, best an- 

 swer the purpose. Next to these, hemlock boardp 



DRAIN TILES. 



