Show DRAINAGE MAKES WET LANDS too much moisture in soil re tards cultivation and reduces yield of crops PLANTING ALSO IS DELAYED drains may be either cither open ditches 0 or r tile or a combination of both first make careful survey and examination prepared by the united states department 11 of 0 agriculture the efrece of too enuch inoN moisture ture Is readily tw parent lit in farming a ut wat aren area although per solis not with dra to do not always recognize the presence pm of too much witter naci in ili soils that tire lire not saturated sity RII mile clalla ts of 0 united studs states department of agriculture the low lou purt part of the lie held field Is IH not ready for plowing filid planting ns s early in tit the t spring its the higher parts hence illi lems the spot Is to be 10 abandoned the bariner elther lust finish fit alif task another day di or 01 glenve tle tile whole biolo until such tillie ni 1 lie wet et pinco call in be worked illint ing on oil till nil or ir part of the field Is ia thell delayed frequently seven to tn ten ilnia days later than on oil fail liand bitter better dral tied land slow to warm up the wet ot ground i omd Is cold too und the seed lit in it sprouts more slowly the difference betat eai lie two to parts or 01 tile two fields continues to grow ns its the bivol iio nd advances vances the ho haild frequently lie be until arul stiv erid ilis lifter after heavy rains and again coldness regards retards crop growth giot li us its in fit the spring the iho difference lit in temperature duay ho be six sit to ten degrees de KriPs I 1 ct pen the drained wid ond boll the efrece of later planting and slower blotter growth must be apparent lit in the harvest especially where pr the growing Bell loll lq Is cut short 1 ty frost on it field not uniformly well ell drained tile crop will il lature unevenly till and not only W hlll the cokl bo be impaired in ili ani amount omit lint but it uneven in quality the lie crop will lie rated for market tit nt ii n low value alue farm I 1 tuny be either cither open ditches Itt ilip or lip file or a of V 4 7 0 X 44 MO K 4 V zo 3 I 1 alx 66 N digging the ditch preparatory to lay ing the tile file ho two tho the blind ditches of stones atones or poles covered with earth have been practically abandoned because they are not permanent usually becoming clogged with earth in ili a few years yeara open ditches are usually less leas costly ta construct especially when largo ca opacity Is required and water on oil the ground surface will vill how into them imore anore readily but for the smaller sin iiller dragna deairs has it number of advantages open ditches interfere with cul llva ton ion especially where large machinery Is used but tile anre burled deep enough to be out of the way of farming operations the whole held may bo be cultivated when under drains are used but K g system of open ditches necessarily takes up lip much tillable ground before any expenditures are made there here should be a careful survey anil examination to determine the source of the water to bo be removed and its amount the most economical arrangement ot the drains the grades obtain able the proper sizes of drains and the mounts amounts of tile and of labor sometimes only n R few 4 are nef ded in the lowest part of tile field ome sometimes times a uniform system is re alred with parallel lines underlying uie the whole area in tho the latter instance experienced judgment la Is needed to de clift what will be the proper depth nd spacing for each kind of soil I 1 tree trea plow flow from outlet of prinle prime importance Is tile outlet which aich not only must be the lowest point mint of tile the drainage system but so located and arranged dint it will mil dla Itt irge waler ut t time when drainage iq I 1 needed and not be useless be rouse of high water in tile the outlet ditch or creek tile the construction work should be carefully done under the supervision of olle at least neti to see sec that the tile tire are laid inid prop arfy it la is advisable to have a competent surveyor or engineer to lo ald aid in at least the leveling |