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THE RURAL HEW -YORKER 
Capacity of Drain Tile. 
J. W. J., Palmetto , Fla .—I am having 
some controversy with some of my neigh¬ 
bors in regard to the capacity of drain tile. 
Will you give the area that can be quickly 
drained by the different sized tiles now 
in use throughout the country, sizes 2, 3, 
G, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18 and 24 inches in diam¬ 
eter, and further say what is considered 
the best grade for efficient and permanent 
work in laying the tile in land of sandy 
loam? If you can make the drain fit the 
land as well as you have made the name fit 
the man in the case of the Davrley cattle 
controversy you will confer a favor. 
Ans. —I have among some notes taken 
from a lecture on “Drainage,” an array 
of figures that presume to tell how large 
an area tiles of different size will drain, 
but there are too many different condi¬ 
tions as to soil, rainfall, grade and 
springs to make it possible for one set 
estimate to fit each case. For instance, 
I have in one field two acres where the 
drains all merge into a three-inch out¬ 
let, and I have never seen it with a 
full throat of water, while on another 
part of the farm the drains from a scant 
two acres makes the same sized outlet 
spout full throat after every heavy 
shower, simply because the soil in the 
latter case is of a loose texture and the 
water gets through it more rapidly to 
the drains. The drains in both fields 
have about a one per cent grade, and 
both are well delivered of their water. 
To determine how large a conduit is 
required for a given area under my con¬ 
ditions I would feel safe to use three- 
inch tile for two acres as a base to work 
from, and figure it thus. By multiply¬ 
ing one-half the square of three by 
the number of acres to be drained, take 
for example eight acres, 3X3=9; 
0 _^_ 2 X 4 k 2 ; 41 ^X 8 = 36 ; hence a six-inch 
tile would be required because 36 is 
the square of its diameter. A heavier 
grade would deliver water faster, or the 
presence of springs would create a de¬ 
mand for larger tile. The next question 
is far easier to answer. Any grade is 
all right if it be a true grade. Be sure 
there are no pockets, and make the 
joints tight. I sometimes find spots of 
loam that I am afraid to trust over 
joints without first putting on clay or 
gravel. J. f. van schoonhoven. 
Close Setting for Asparagus. 
D. C., Onondaga, N. 7 .—In order to get 
the very best financial returns from a 
quarter acre of asparagus, at what depth 
should the plants be set, and at what dis¬ 
tance apart? Would not close setting, say 
2x1 feet, secure better results on a small 
bed than by setting farther apart; also 
four inches deep rather than deeper? 
Ans. —Asparagus is one of those 
plants that should have room enough 
to develop the root system. It is through 
that mass of fleshy roots that the plant 
is able to furnish sufficient nourishment 
to produce shoots for two months or 
more. If we attempt to crowd the plant 
too close together we interfere with 
nature in its effort to develop a strong 
root system. Two feet by one is in 
my judgment entirely too close to plant 
this crop. A young asparagus plant 
seven months from seed will have a 
root growth extending over more area 
than two surface feet, the amount al¬ 
lowed by inquirer. What would be the 
result when bed was five or six years 
old? The whole surface soil would be 
so full of roots to a depth of about 
three feet that each plant would be 
forced to send up poor spindling shoots. 
Further than that, such close planting 
would hinder good tillage, one of the 
essentials necessary to success. It 
would also interfere with applying 
remedies for the beetle. Lastly, I be¬ 
lieve there are few soils that carry suf¬ 
ficient moisture to supply this crop when 
planted two feet by one. In our section 
we plant in rows five to 5 y 2 feet apart, 
and 18 inches between plants in the row. 
By this method we are setting in round 
numbers 5,000 plants per acre, and we 
find with rows 5 J / 2 feet part that our 
tops nearly meet late in the season. 
What must be the result where one sets 
21,780 plants where one-quarter that 
number ought to be? It takes liberal 
manuring to grow a maximum crop 
with five^ thousand plants on an acre. 
Would' it be possible to apply suffi¬ 
cient where 21,780 were set? I think 
not. Four inches is not deep enough 
to plant asparagus crowns. It is true 
that a young bed set shallow will grow 
faster the first season after setting than 
one set deep, but the tendency of this 
plant to work its root system toward 
the surface necessitates deep setting. If 
a bed is set only four inches deep it 
will be so close to top of ground in 
three or four years that it would be 
worthless as a commercial bed. In 
order to get the very best financial re¬ 
turns from a bed of asparagus, set it on 
a good deep loamy soil, in rows at least 
five feet apart and 18 inches between 
plants and seven inches deep. Manure 
liberally and use fertilizers freely; cul¬ 
tivate frequently; keep bugs off con¬ 
tinually. C. H. HULSART. 
Questions About Pickle Growing. 
What variety of gherkins do the grow¬ 
ers for factories plant? What price do 
the factories pay for the small gherkins? 
What is the usual method adopted by promi¬ 
nent growers in planting, etc. ? c. f. s. 
British Columbia. 
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Lice attack the vitality of an 
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there is no ‘ ‘let up, ’ ’ in her misery. 
There will bea ‘ ‘let up,” however, 
in your profits, for no hen is suffi¬ 
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also lay eggs. Whether you sus¬ 
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notv is the time to begin to use 
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