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Show Drains In Barnyards. Drains In barnyards should not bo tub-earth drains unless tho soil of tho barnyard Is of n soft, looso texture. Wherever tho barnyard Is composed of n compacting soil, such as ordinary soli tultnble for tillage purposes, tho drain laid two or three feet under tho sur-fuco sur-fuco will quickly becomo useless. The itock Boon tramp tho ground Into buch a hard mass that It becomes Impervious Imper-vious to water, nnd tho latter cannot Rft down to the drain. If n drain Is to be laid under tho surfaco It should bo run bo close to tho fence or tho buildings thnt tho stock cannot walk on top of It. Tho rest of the land should slopo in tho direction of the drain. Surface drains, says the Farmer's Farm-er's Review, nre always adapted to -barnyards, but these also should bo run near the fences or barns. |