Show L TARM rw E N I 1 i kv DRAINAGE laying main and in 1 et ct soils boils few kinds of trees un une e in tile alio fruit class succeed in wet alanl A soil foil too wet for growing wheat it ii too wet for trees whore where water senus in the furrows tor for days after nf ter tho the frast has left the lie earth or after ft a heavy run ran haa ceased no doubt remains that land it needs draining beforce planting to orchards sowing to wh cator tor indeed almost any other crop some land is naturally inder drained enod and some is sufficiently undulating umu lUing to let tile water oft off ri edily such lands do not I 1 eluiro appleb drainage each farmer ought to acilia acquaint int himsl himself with the character of liis land and accordingly in ili caso case of needed draina drainage dra inay gp a system ot 01 good tile bo be provided if pos sille drains usually usual aro are laid a follows A main drain ansa in the ill cut is laid star stalling ting from a low point to uniformly from J ain A ewh in h to 1 inch fall for each cadi roil rod in leri gili of the system from the outlet back aliis main may lead along one sido side or through gli tile celete of tho the plit plat to lie drained leading into ill alio main A to band B and C art arc lateral tiles laid in parallel lines through tho grounds usually at a distance of two twin rods or more apart alvirt tho the should bo be so BO ibid d out as lo 10 pro provide vidon 1 depth of not less than 21 2 feed feet for the tile under the surface at tile paltz for all lat ceals at file ic sa same nnie time billat illat tho the fall indicated above prevails throughout C 17 RIMA A IL MAIN AND in size tiles of 2 inch bore are tho the best tor for the lateral late sud ruil 3 or 4 inch or more for the mains depending upon the area to bo be drained the foregoing is given by elias A long in a pr practical little treatise ou on how flow to rent a place it ought to bo be added for the benefit of amateurs that in ill calculating the fall the use of a spirit level or line and plummet will be found necessary emry |