Show wet spots cause of farm waste drainage needed the drainage of wet spots in other vise good fields is probably the most worthy improvement that can be made on land today says prof A M goodman of the new york state college of agriculture these wet spots not only waste seed and fertilizer he points out but they cause greater waste in plowing and harrowing they cause planting trouble they interfere with cultivation and are a nuisance at harvest time 1 i usually a few rods of small sized drain tile laid so that it is about two feet deep under the lowest part of these wet holes and with a slope of four to six inches to every feet in length Is all that Is needed to clear up such a hole the backfill over the tile Is one of the most essential things to keep in mind the land did not drain before because the water could not get through the subsoil do not put this impervious subsoil back directly over the tile place sod surface so soil and stubble at least one toot foot deep directly over the tile and put the subsoil that bhat has come out of the bottom of the ditch near the surface of the ground |