Elementary agriculture of Tennessee, with practical artithmetic elementaryagricu02hatc Year: 1909 DRAINING THE SOIL 65 on these soils, after the water has been drained off, in order to sweeten them. Drainage.—What is the farmer to do with low, wet ground ? Evidently there is but one thing- to do—drain off the water. There are two methods of draining this water off, the open ditch and the tile drain. To begin THE SAME FIELD AFTER BEING TILE DRAINED. with, the land may be so low and flat that no kind of drainage is possible. This, of course, may be deter- mined by noting the level of the wa
Elementary agriculture of Tennessee, with practical artithmetic elementaryagricu02hatc Year: 1909 DRAINING THE SOIL 65 on these soils, after the water has been drained off, in order to sweeten them. Drainage.—What is the farmer to do with low, wet ground ? Evidently there is but one thing- to do—drain off the water. There are two methods of draining this water off, the open ditch and the tile drain. To begin THE SAME FIELD AFTER BEING TILE DRAINED. with, the land may be so low and flat that no kind of drainage is possible. This, of course, may be deter- mined by noting the level of the water in the nearest stream. If it is within a foot or two of the surface of the land and overflows with every heavy rain, easy drainage is impossible. But if the surface of the soil is
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