Show DRAINAGE A of the art of not A writer in the book iopu afir gardening discourses very pansi bly upon the of drainage i discovery lir says in the art of cultivation and practice aro us yet most imperfectly mot that is known on the subject not only by alio general public bill even by those who live upon and by ali c land is that drainage is a short and easy method of laying wet annd dry thi is far less tanni half alio truth oilier portions of it may bo stated thuei drainage keeps land coiet and warm and by setting or keeping alic water it or receives in motion it solvent powers and function of abo most chuu anter at rest that is stagnant kills by drowning out nil alio an force of even the best land water in motion develops and augments alio llio fertility of alic very poorest soils while it unlocks a nd adds to alio food stores already existing in alio richest and best cultivators of fields and gaidon i alike leavo been too in the habit of looking upon water as a nuisance toi bo rid of at any cost grasping alio brnad fact drainage had transformed boino 0 alio lands into the boot thoy have run their drains where they were not needed and havu been vastly astonished ut their failure failures s water that wai in the proc eit of being gradually but drained air by nature through her myriall outlets info the subsoil carrying wilh it at every stage of its ws apfl through new abu arnini inlo alio nearest dittli or river and aint aroa machinery fur llie ration and enrichment of alie land aluia rudely stopped almost lie bk p tu tho ol 01 the truo alic rv and practice of li tion of alio fact eliat in motion the free gift of anturo is alio powerful and of all forcha to be utilized lo 10 the ut it is the cultivators ut war in alic liberation and utilization of alic natural force of alic soil aal should therefore be skillfully fully used lika oilier capital it i iipp to run into ui diac ac abid the land drainers object and be lo 10 cal act its more bimal in very few in tills country ia thero really much of water for yil tural alio evil lies in its condition not its amount give ft motion and hi not 1 few gardens especially ally those devoted to tho culture 0 vegetables the more water alio better nor is this to bo wondered at for water is not only the builder up of vegetation but it also constitutes from eighty to ninety per cent of alio materials b to a very largo extent not only but itono stono ami mortar as well but aa reasonably expect a house or mansion to arise in tho night alio build era aro fast asleep as a s vegetation to thrive on waterlogged water logged land in tho latter casc tho active agent ts not only but dead and only drainage drai nago can restore it to life by setting it in motion and marrying alic water to its better half that other great natural cifu giving constructive and solvent force alio air link tacho together our drain and set them out on ihm endless journey of discovery and production and our gardens can buil to bu ov forrd willi plenty fillad and with beauty if all this bo true and it Is then alin truo theory and practice of aisy bo stated thus it lays land dry it keeps it moist it makes it warm it freed distributes and adds to its wealth or richness it improves imn roves its texture it adds to it j depth and makes its cuttita cul tiTa lion moro casi and joisant as aeu aj leoro Y triune |