. The elements of agriculture: a book for young farmers, with questions prepared for the use of schools. Agriculture. 212 CULTIVATION. do not at all interfere with the cultivation of the surface. Under drains may be made with brush, stones, or tiles. Brush is a very poor material, and its use is hardly to be recommended. Small stones are better, and if these be placed in the bottoms of the trenches, to a depth of eight or ten inches, and covered with sods turned upside down, having the earth packed well down on to them, they make very good drains. TILE DKAINING. The best under-drains are those
. The elements of agriculture: a book for young farmers, with questions prepared for the use of schools. Agriculture. 212 CULTIVATION. do not at all interfere with the cultivation of the surface. Under drains may be made with brush, stones, or tiles. Brush is a very poor material, and its use is hardly to be recommended. Small stones are better, and if these be placed in the bottoms of the trenches, to a depth of eight or ten inches, and covered with sods turned upside down, having the earth packed well down on to them, they make very good drains. TILE DKAINING. The best under-drains are those made with tiles or burnt clay pipes. The first form of these used was that called the Jiorse-sJioe tile, which was in two distinct pieces ; this was superseded by a round pipe, and we have now what is called the sole tile, which is much better than either of the Sole Tile. This tile is made (like the horse-shoe and pipe tile) of common brick clay, and is burned the same as bricks. It is about one half or three quarters of an inch thick, and is so porous that water passes di- Witli what materials may under-drains be constructed? Describe the 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 Waring, George E. (George Edwin), 1833-1898. New York, D. Appleton, and Company
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