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Show HOW TO LAY DRAIN TILE. few Utah farmers hate had experl-ente experl-ente In Using drain tile jet thete will be plent of such work to he done on the farm here In the near future It I well to get pointers on tlle-lalng and there arc some good auggestlons In tho following from the Indiana Farmer Farm-er The first thing before wet ground tan be drained la to secure a good outlet out-let which should bo lo t nough to glio fall and a ditch a foot diep in the low -i at giound After )ou hae obtained an outlet, make a main ditch and It that will not be enough make lateial branch ditches We hale found from experience that it lx better to haie a tilt dltth too large than too small if the main dlt.h la long and Is like!) to have many branches I would use eight or ten-Inch tile It must be tcrner-bared tcrner-bared that a twelve-Inch tile will m a greater oluina than two six. In.. . tiles We ulwnj run our inuln dltthes Into the wettest ground and If In blatk srounl It will di aw for aeveial lods The depth Is gmeined by the outlet and th. elevation of th ground 'iou in gei b. tier results by ditching when )nu haie soma water to level with It shoul I be detp enough to How on lh. last spurte' In fa. t water In the trueit lei el to use nnd th" heiipest We neior get down In the bottoms to lei el und il.un out the last spade but nth i t ml n the next , i I, (1i om d e a tni ill ii 1 S ' n i u r ro tti ., to i o . and it i ii r n rk W hen we la) the Mlc we roiet them n little ' with dirt enough to protc. t them frcm getting broken but never stand 'on them uncovered n It makes them up and dovin hill A stick with another short one nailed at right angles to It can be used to good advantage In la) Ing the tile The arm shoul 1 be about a foot long while the main stick can be five or six feet long according to convenience. With such an Instrument a person does not have tn get In the ditch, but he can lay the tile from the hank above Alivijs lit the tile ns rlosely together as toslble as dirt In the tile destto)s the tlue of a ditch b) checking tho flow Hi unches should always enter the main at less than right angles, the smaller the angle the belter ns It should not Interfere with, but nld the main ditch We have found from experience that It pays to ditch If rlghtl) done Do not expect too much the first )enr, for a tile ditch draws from suction a capillary action nnd, like few thing". Improves with age |
