BENEFITS AND PROFITS OF DRAINAGE. 221 



eral system. The highway as such should be assessed 

 for these benefits, which sum should be paid out of the 

 general road fund. 



Profits of Drainage. What are They? — On the 

 farm they are : 



1 . Proceeds from waste land which before drainage 

 produced nothing — a clear gain of land which is worth 

 as much for productive purposes as the balance of the 

 farm. 



2. Doubling the annual production of many other 

 acres without increasing the cost of cultivation. 



3. Diminishing the expense of management by 

 reason of doing away with broken-up fields and unnec- 

 essary open ditches. 



All of these represent a money value to the farm 

 which can be readily estimated if analyzed and place^^I^ 

 in order with a value attached to each item. 



Regarding the improvement of larger tracts ^"u;^.!. 

 have no productive value until drained the p^--jej>ce 

 account may be outlined as follows : 



1. First cost of land. 



2. Cost of draining to fit it for pr - ^, 



3. Interest on purchase pric^ ^,, ,^ / . 

 ^ , ^ ^ .c until l-t IS prepare4 



to produce. 



4. Taxes until it can p- - 



^t . •/• . • i_ .lOuUCCi 



5. Clearmg, if timb ^ " 



. Houses, barr ^ ^ . /. . 



J ^. .iSf fences, etc. , necessary to fit it up 



into productive ^ ^ r 



^* -^ iSLrtil^. 



^fx.'i '^ ^^ ftp^e expenses will represent the cost 



^and f§^4y for producing a crop. If the land is 



-die th§fQ can be no question regarding the value of 



tim Investment unles§ the ultimate cost runs higher 



