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the engineer must, if possible, look through the eyes 

 of his employer in order to get his view of the matter 

 and appreciate the difficulties as they appear to him. 

 If after investigation the two differ in opinion and the 

 employer is unwilling to accept the plans and methods 

 of the engineer without modifications which seem to 

 him unwise, he should, at least, put himself on record 

 as not endorsing the objectionable features. 



Above all, the drainage engineer should exercise a 

 high order of common sense, good judgment, and hon- 

 esty in the management of the work intrusted to him. 

 He should not let his ideas of engineering nicety carry 

 him to a point where much of the work he does will 

 have no particular value, and yet he should seek to do 

 his work in a professional way and with accuracy. A 

 well-balanced enthusiasm should characterize him in all 

 of his work, and by fairness in dealing he should secure 

 the confidence of all with whom he has professional or 

 business relations. 



The Agriculturist and Soil Drainage. 



The soil is the farmer's business capital. He has 

 exchanged a certain sum of money for it, or come into 

 possession of it by inheritance, and must now look to 

 its products for returns. He has before him for solu- 

 tion the various problems connected with soil culture 

 and its relation to profit and loss. The soil becomes a 

 receptacle for his money and a field for intelligent 

 labor. Good husbandry strenuously insists on a thor- 

 ough preparation of the seed bed and an intelligent 

 after-cultivation of the plant. It also demands a wise 



