. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. DRAINING. 355 for drains, yet as the places that afford small, round stones naturally are very limited in number, and draining, if confined to such localities, would be as limited, it is far better to take any sort of quan'ied stones than leave land undrained, and there is no doubt that almost every sort of stones forms an efficient and durable dx'ain if employed in a proper manner. (779.) As I am acquainted vv^ith no drainer who has bestowed so
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. DRAINING. 355 for drains, yet as the places that afford small, round stones naturally are very limited in number, and draining, if confined to such localities, would be as limited, it is far better to take any sort of quan'ied stones than leave land undrained, and there is no doubt that almost every sort of stones forms an efficient and durable dx'ain if employed in a proper manner. (779.) As I am acquainted vv^ith no drainer who has bestowed so much pains in the breaking, preparing, and putting in stones into drains as Mr. Roberton, I shall describe his method of managing quarried stones ; and first in regard to the implements used by him for that purpose. 1. There is a portable screen or harj) for riddling and depositing the stones, as seen in fig. 172, which consists of " a wheelbarrow a, over and across which is suspended a screen h, having the bars more or less apart, according to the description of materials intended to be used. The upper end is hung up- on two posts c c about 3 feet above the barrow; the lower end rests upon the opposite side of the barrow. To this lower end is affixed a spout d, attached about 10 inches from the lower extremity of which is a board e, by means of two arms f. Another screen g, about one-half the length, and having the bars about half an inch apart, is hung parallel, about 10 inches below the larger one. The upper end of g is fixed by means of two small iron bars li to the upper end of the larger screen ; the lower end rests upon a board i sloping outward upon the side of the barrow opposite to that on which the spout d is ; 2. A movable trough, or, as it is commonly called, a tail-hoard, a, fig. 173, is attached to the hind part of a Fig. THE TAIL-BOARD TROUGH FOR RECEIVING THE DRAIN STONES IN THEIR FALL. cart, for the purpose of receiving any stones that
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