Archive image from page 176 of Dairy farming being the. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying dairyfarmingbein00shel Year: 1880 When bogs are deep this is the best and, in fact, only way of draining them successfully; but where they do not exceed 6 or 8 feet in depth, the best plan is to cut right through them to the firm subsoil on which they rest, and in this pipes will lie securely. Not many tools are required in draining by a man who understands his work. Those figured in the annexed woodcut (Fig. 38) are all that are, as a rule, found necessary in ordinary
Archive image from page 176 of Dairy farming being the. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying dairyfarmingbein00shel Year: 1880 When bogs are deep this is the best and, in fact, only way of draining them successfully; but where they do not exceed 6 or 8 feet in depth, the best plan is to cut right through them to the firm subsoil on which they rest, and in this pipes will lie securely. Not many tools are required in draining by a man who understands his work. Those figured in the annexed woodcut (Fig. 38) are all that are, as a rule, found necessary in ordinary draining. The broad spade is necessary for cutting off the first sod, and for clearing up the Fig. 38.—DltAINING-TOOLS. fragments left by the two narrower ones; the shorter of the two narrow ones is used next for the intermediate spit; and the long narrow one (No. b) last of all. The two remaining imple- ments are used for different purposes: No. 1 is for cleaning out the bottom of the drain after the spades have done their work, and No. ii for placing the pipes in their bed. Draining-tiles of various shapes and patterns have from time to time been introduced. Perhaps the earliest shape was the 'horse-shoe' pipe (fl); having no bottom, this pipe must either be placed on flat stones as a foundation, unless the subsoil were of a very firm and hard character, or its sides would gradually sink downwards
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