1869.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
231 
DRAINING FOR PROFIT 
:dx£.aje:xi:xo- foe health. 
By GEO. E. WARING, Jr., Engineer of the Drainage of Central Park^ JVcw York. 
The theory and practice of thorough draining has, within a few years, made great progress, both on the BmaJl scale involving the freeing of a few acres only from I upcrfluon I 
water, and opening the snbsoil to the benign Influences of air, and moisture, and warmth together, and also in enterprises of great magnitude, affecting the sanitary condition oJ 
whole districts of country. The progress made has been chiefly in Great Britain, and ou the Continent. Col. Waring' a work is compact, fully illustrated, very clear, both in its 
arguments and in its directions for practice, and throughout, readable. It is thoroughly American, telling what everybody wants to know, and it ought to be in lb<; hands of 
every farmer. 
Contents: 
Land to be Drained and 
the Reasons Wbcz. — 
Indications of the need 
of draining. — Sources of 
water. — Objections to 
too much water.— Wet 
subsoil. 
How to Go to Woks to 
Lay out a System of 
DnAiNs-Amatcur drain- 
ing.— Maps.— Levelling 
Instruments. — Outlets 
aud location of drains. 
Main drains. — Spring 
water.— Fall, — Tiles.— 
Depth and distance a- 
part.— Direction of lat- 
erals. — Collars. — Dis- 
charge of water from 
drains. 
How to Make Draining: 
Tiles. — Materials. — 
Preparation of earths.— 
Moulding tile machines. 
— Drying and rolling. — 
Burning. — Kilns. — Gen- 
eral arrangement of a 
tilery. " ! ' mTI 
How to Take Care of Drains and Drained Land. 
— Removing obstructions. — Mistake of substituting 
large tiles for small ones which have become obstruct- 
ed.— Heavy lauds should not be trampled while wet. 
What Draining Costs.— Draining, expensive work,— 
Their permanence nud lasting effects. — Cheapness ver- 
sus economy.— Details of cost.— (1. Engineering and 
Superintendence. — 2. Digging the Ditches. — 3. Grading 
the bottoms.— i. Tile and tile laying.— 5. Covering and 
filling.— G. Outlets and Silt Basins.) 
Will it Pay? — Increased crops required to pay cost of 
draining.— (Corn, Wheat, Rye, Oats, Potatoes, Barley, 
ILLUSTRATED. 
EY thi: EOXING-EODS 
5ILT BASIN, El'ILT TO TIIE SURFACE. 
Contents : 
How Drains Act and 
HOW THEY AFFECT THE 
Soil. — Characteristics 
of well laid tile drain.— 
Surface-water and rain- 
water beneficial, Bprings 
and Boatage water in- 
jurious. — Cracking of 
stiffclays.— Evaporation 
aud filtration. — Rain 
fall. — Evaporation. — 
Temperature. — Drought 
— Porosity or mellow- 
ness.— Chemical action 
in the soil. 
How to Maris the 
Draiss.— Tools.— Mark- 
ing the lines. — Water 
courses. — Outlet. — Silt 
Basins. — Opening the 
ditches. — Grading. — 
Tile laying.— Connec- 
tions. — Covering the 
tile and filling in.— Co] 
lecting the water of 
springs. — Amending 
the map. 
Hay. Cotton, Tobacco.)— Instances of Front . — Benefit of 
draining in facilitating farm work. 
The Reclaiming or Salt Marshes. — Extent of marshes 
on the Atlantic Coast.— The English FcnB.— Ilarlacm 
Lake. — The exclusion of sea water. — Ucniovol of the 
causes of inundation from the upland.— Removal of 
rain fall and watcrof filtration— Embankments— Musk- 
rats.— Rivers and Creeks.— Outlet of drainage. 
Malarial Diseases.— Fever and Ague.— Neuralgia.— 
Vicinity of New York.— Dr. Bartlett on Periodical 
Fever.— Dr. Metcalf s Report to IT. S. Sanitary Coin- 
mission.— La Roche on the effects of Malarial Fever 
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Dr. Salisbury on the ''Cause of Malarial Fevers." — 
English Experience.— Reports to the British Parlia- 
ment. — Cause of Malaria removed by draining. 
House and Town Drainage.— Sewerage.— The use i f 
pipes. — The new outfall Eewera in London. — The use • 
of steam pumps to secure outlets. — Utilization of sew- 
age matters iu agriculture. — Effects of imperfect house 
drainage on health.— Typhoid fever.— The Westminster 
Fever in London.— Epidemic at the Maplewood Young 
Ladies Institute in Pittsfleld, Mass.— Lambeth Square, 
London.— Back drainage. — Water supply. — General 
Board of llcaltb, (England). 
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COTTON CULTURE. 
By JOSEPH B. LYMAN, Late of Louisiana. 
With In additional Chapter on 
COTTON SEED AND ITS USES. 
BT J. R. SYPIIER. 
A complete manual for cotton growing, in- 
tended for those who arc unfamiliar with the pro- ^^>^ 
ductiou of this crop. It discusses iu the llrst ^v^£ 
part, climate, the farm, stock, implements, 
preparation of soil and planting, cultivation, 
picking, ginning, haling, aud marketing, and 
gives a Calendar of monthly operations. A 
discussion of the extent of the cotton lands, 
the varieties of the cotton plant, and the insects 
and diseases that molest it, forms the second 
part of the work, which also includes valuable 
statistics and suggestions. An additional chap- 
ter has been prepared by J. K. Sypher, Esq., 
upon Cotton Seed and its Uses, giving the details 
of manufacturing the oil. The work contains a 
colored map of the Cotton Lands of thu United 
States, besides other illustrations. 
TEE ARMY WORM AND WOT1I. 
CONTENTS. 
PAST I. 
The Colton Farm.— Its Stock, Implements, and 
Laborers. 
Preparation of Soil and Planting. 
How the Crop is to be Cultivated. 
Cotton Picking. 
Ginning, Baling, and Marketing. 
The Cotton Planters Calendar. 
PART II. 
Quality, Extent, and Character of Cotton Lands 
of North America. 
Enemies and Diseases of Cotton. 
Improved and Scientific Culture. 
Various Kindsof Cotton Cultivated in the United 
States. 
How to Realize the Most fromaCrqp; The Union 
of the Growing of Cotton with its Manu- 
facture into Yarns and Fabrics. 
Value of Cotton as a Plant, and the Uses to. 
which it may be Applied. 
The Past and the Future of Cotton ; Its History 
and Statistics. 
Practical Suggestions to various Classes of Persons 
who Propose to Engage' in Cotton Growing. 
Cotton Seed Oil. Cotton Seed Cake. 
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PRICE $1.50. 
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