Show HUM to miep dani owners of lands who propose to ilo tho aiu thing by draining llie coining may find sonic useful hints willi to tlc alc manner of doing it in lie following extract from an article in alio llio and farm journal ilic distance between drains must bo determined by the luuie ol 01 alic oil deitle and tlc alc amount of fall A anoe porous soil will permit water to reach the drains for i compact clay is almost impervious to and requires alio braini to be made macli in a black booro soil dihins at alic ut four feet arc sit a distance of ten rod apart but if alie land is hardpan hard pan or till clay to drain it thoroughly alio distance apart should be horn lour to six ruil f but few persons in this part of alio country realize alie great advantage that deep drains hac over shallow ones in dinv inv extensive acquaintance in this and adjoining counties among drainers I 1 know of but few aliat drain to a depth averaging over one and ahalt a halt to three feet banners pay taxes on their land all the way down and on wet lands it often amounts to a rent yet they never pet any agricultural from it any deeper than they drain but alicy do pet the benefit of it clial deep cv n if it is eight feet in fact an orchard or vi should not be drained that depth the lime is probably not far distant when such shallow adrams drams will be taken up and put down again at a proper depth persons often say eliat it costs too to drain deep when tho fact is the cost is less for instance it would cost but very little moie to dig two drains to alie depth of four feet than it will to dig three to tho depth of two and a half feet and alie two deep drains will drain fully as much land as alic shallow and will drain it much belter and save thu expense of the third line of tile hut the depth of is not always a matter ol 01 choice as very 1 often the outlet is not and I have frequently noticed eliat persons aru sometimes contrary about ahing their neighbors above them an outlet and sometimes spend more time and money in lawag about if than would do the whole work creating a bad feeling in making an improvement of this kind eliat is to last for all time to come it is macli better to secure a good outlet in the first place if it docs cot something more especially if the land is hat and you but little fall but in all cases it is best to a good outlet 10 eliat alie water will fall from si to twelve inches when it leaves the tile an old woman named abin alia agnes bootha arrived in st louis the other daiy diy from Ioui sille en route for tuxa with a black pipe and a long knife with which she threatened to cut any one who interfered with ler smoking she had no baggage whatever no money to take her to texas ami nothing to do she got there but she said she had lived in louisville long enough and wanted a change the police au liest ent her back to Lonis villo clience a day or two afterward sho was returned to st loins this gamo of battledore and shuttlecock could not bo kept up forever and so she was put on a triin for texas to be thrown on probably at alio birst station this ccuin to be a rather queer amusement for two civilized communities to indulge in to say the least of it louisville talks of establishing a free art gallery where citizens may pass tho time between drinks news chicag chicago o would have one too but bho has no timo between drinks louisville courier |