Garland Globe | 1906-06-09 | Page 6 | Drains in Barnyards

Drains In Barnyards, Drains In barnyards should not bo cib-enrth drains unless tho soil of tho barnyard Is of a soft, looso texture. Wherever tho barnyard Is composed of a compacting soil, such as ordinary soli tnltnble for tillage purposes, tho drain laid two or three feet under tho sur-fucu sur-fucu will quickly become useless. The ttock soon tramp the ground Into tuch a hard mass thnt It becomes Impervious Imper-vious to water, nnd tho latter cannot get down to tho drain. If a drain Is to be laid under tho surface it should bo run so closo to tho fence or the buildings that tho stock cannot walk on top of it. Tho rest of the land should slopo In tho direction of tho drain. Surfnco drains, snys tho Farmer's Farm-er's Review, nro alwoys adapted to barnyards, but these nlso should bo run near tho fences or barns.