. Cranberry culture. Cranberry. FU .—A DAM PROTECTED BY TUKF. ditch, six feet wide, entirely through the much^ and fill it up with clean sand for the foundation of the dam. On each side of this foundation erect a substantial turf wall, six feet thick, to support and protect the true dam, which is afterward made by filling up and packing with sand the space between the walls. The dam should be made somewhat higher than it would generally be required, to prevent freshets from overflowing and washing it away. Fig. 27 represents a dam such as we have described. The object of having turf on each si
. Cranberry culture. Cranberry. FU .—A DAM PROTECTED BY TUKF. ditch, six feet wide, entirely through the much^ and fill it up with clean sand for the foundation of the dam. On each side of this foundation erect a substantial turf wall, six feet thick, to support and protect the true dam, which is afterward made by filling up and packing with sand the space between the walls. The dam should be made somewhat higher than it would generally be required, to prevent freshets from overflowing and washing it away. Fig. 27 represents a dam such as we have described. The object of having turf on each side is not to hold water, but to economize the sand by supporting it just. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original White, Joseph J. New York, O. Judd and company
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