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Show TILE DRAIN IN THE ORCHARD. Removal of Surplus of Water Will Make Trees Profitable. Frequently an orchard which might otherwise bo n profitable one Is serl ously handicapped by the presenco ol two much water In tho soil. Several years ago the lato John J. Thomas formerly vice president of tho Fruit Growers' Society of Western Now York, and for 30 years n practlca nurseryman, presented the Men ol laying of tilo between each row oi trees, as Illustrated In the accompany The Drain In the Orchard, Ing sketch. This plan Is said to have worked very satisfactorily when It has been adopted. On account of the natural fall of thu land, It Is somo times Impossible to follow out this Idea literally, hut Mr. Thomas' early oxporlonco seems to coincide with the observation of the practical fruit growers of latter days, says Farm and Homo, that Is, If the orchard Is lo cated upon soli In need of draining It will be necessary to lay tile to ro movo surplus water beforo satlsfac tory results will bo secured. |