Draining' Tiles- and Soles. 1 0 1 



Drain, 40 inches deej). Land Ridge. Drain, 20 inches deep. 



Tlie line a h c represents tlie direction of the supposed line of the depth to which the contraction 

 of the clay-bed is available to drainage by the water percolating through the fissures. The 

 dark horizontal shading represents the clay-bed. 



This sketch is intended to show the fissures formed by the con- 

 traction of the clay-bed, and the advantage of deep draining : 

 by increasing the fall from the ridge to the bottom of the drain^ 

 the expansion of the clay in the winter will be less than in shal- 

 low draining. 



Robert Beart. 



Godmanchesfer, Huntingdonshire ^ 

 September 18, 1840. 



Mr. Beart has omitted to state any charge for royalty or rent, 

 interest of capital, for the erection of furnaces and sheds, as well 

 as for wear and tear of implements. The cost of a kiln of so 

 large a capacity as this seems to be estimated very low, as well as 

 that of the erection of sheds, which must either, I should imagine, 

 be of very small dimensions, or constructed with timber growing 

 upon the estate. The usual amount charged by landlords to their 

 tenants for tiles made upon the estate is from 23s. to 25s, 

 per thousand at the cost price ; and if reference be made to the 

 statement of Mr. Wiggins on tiles in this Journal (vol. i. p. 354), 

 it will be seen that those even so small as 12 inches long, and 

 only 3 J high by 2J at the opening, cost 19s. 6d. for labour and 

 materials^ exclusive of clay and agency, which are 5s. 6d. more, 

 thus bringing the price of the very smallest kind to 25s. per thou- 

 sand. However, if Mr. Beart can really manufacture sound 

 well-made tiles of full size, and sell them at the price he mentions^ 

 he certainly deserves the encouragement of landowners. 



J. French Burke. 



(Note by Mr. Pusey.) 

 In consequence of the doubts thus expressed by so experienced 

 a writer on agriculture, 1 thought it my duty to inquire further 

 into this invention, and have found Mr. Beart's statements to be 

 borne out. The secretary of the Huntingdonshire Agricultural 

 Association, Mr. Fox, writes me word that the farmers of the 

 county value Mr. Beart's services so highly as to have invited tha^ 

 gentleman to a public dinner last summer ; that he considers Mr. 

 Beart's tiles quite as good and durable as any tiles made by hand; 

 and that the price of tiles immediately before Mr. Beart invented 

 his machine was 35s., but that for the last five years they have 



