Show 1 field feld Culvert Culvert Built Built to Decrease Surface Water Heavy rains do a lot of damage In Inthe Inthe Inthe the fields The ditches are often otten 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 wasteland wasteland wasteland land and In fields field that are cultivated a number of at point rows row The Illustration shows how an Indiana Indi ana nna farmer overcomes the difficulty m mIr ml l Ir IrI I x 3 r ti b A A A. Simple Field Culvert on an Indiana Farm he always has a good crossing the ditch Is kept open tor for drainage of ot surface surface sur sur- face tace water and the velocity of at the running w water ter Is decreased ed until It does not have the cutting action that It would have If It were totally An old tile the Is Imbedded In concrete to allow the passage of the water The surface of the concrete Is II creased to Insure good footing tooting |