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Show Field Culvert Built to Decrease Surface Water Heavy rains do a lot of damnge in the fields. The ditches are often deepened deep-ened until It Is impossible to cross them with farm Implements, and aside from this inconvenience, the ditches usually run at angles, making waste land and, in fields that are cultivated, a number of point rows. The Illustration shows how an Indiana Indi-ana farmer overcomes the difficulty; v - sv tts-i. y ft .A Simple Field Culvert on an Indiana Farm. he always has a good crossing, the ditch is kept open for drainage of surface sur-face water and the velocity of the running water is decreased until it does not have the cutting action that it would have if it were totally unobstructed. unob-structed. An old tile is Imbedded in concrete to allow the passage of the water. The surface of the concrete is creased to Insure good footing. |