. Blakelee's industrial cyclopedia, a simple practical guide ... A ready reference and reservoir of useful information. More than two hundred illustrations. is a most excellent one, it is not absolutelynecessary to obtain tiles to do a good, durable job of underdraining; nor is itnecessary to make any money outlay, or to go off the farm for material. Someof the cheap methods that have proven to be effectual and enduring are givenin this work. HoAV to Make Brush Drain.—Brush drains are condemned by some,but probably by those who have never made one, nor do not know how to makeone properly. A go
. Blakelee's industrial cyclopedia, a simple practical guide ... A ready reference and reservoir of useful information. More than two hundred illustrations. is a most excellent one, it is not absolutelynecessary to obtain tiles to do a good, durable job of underdraining; nor is itnecessary to make any money outlay, or to go off the farm for material. Someof the cheap methods that have proven to be effectual and enduring are givenin this work. HoAV to Make Brush Drain.—Brush drains are condemned by some,but probably by those who have never made one, nor do not know how to makeone properly. A good deal depends upon the soil. In a stiff clay it works betterthan in a loamy soil. The bottom of the ditch should be about a foot in width and the brush laid inall one way, with the tops down stream. It is best to have it free and of goodsize. Make a depth of brush ten or twelve inches, well packed in, and lay onthe top a good slab. Put upon the slab some straw, or leaves from the woods,to prevent the dirt from working down into the brush. Such a drain will lastfor years. When filling up, round the top well, for the brush will settle moreor THRltE LOG DRAIN. TWO LOG AND PLANK DRAIN, ONE LOG AND PLANK DRAIN, Draining^ \iritli Poles.—There is a method adopted by some which com-bines the use of both poles and brush. At one side of the drain bottom is laida pole six inches in diameter, then short sticks, three inches in diameter, are laidcrosswise, one end resting upon the pole, the other on the bottom of the long, light poles are laid lengthwise, and brush put on top of all. A cheaper and, I believe, just as good a method, is to use two bed pieces,and a third pole on top. The ditch should be cut just wide enough so thatwhen the two six inch poles touch the sides a space of three inches will bQ 434 CHEAP UNDERDRAINS AND DITCHES. left between them. When the third pole is laid on top, a water channel is leftbelow. A correspondent says, in 1852 he filled a large
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