. Book of the Farm; being a revised edition of The handy-book of husbandry, a guide to farmers. Agriculture. 80 HANDY-BOOK OF HUSBANDRY. the frost is coming out of the ground and in times of protracted rains. A narrow road, say not more than twelve feet wide, may be sufficiently drained by a single line of tiles laid under its center, as shown in Fig. 23 ; but if it is much wider than that it will be better to lay a drain at or near each side, as shown in Fig. 24. These drains should not be less than three feet deep. The manner of constructing them is given in the chapter on " Drain- Fig.
. Book of the Farm; being a revised edition of The handy-book of husbandry, a guide to farmers. Agriculture. 80 HANDY-BOOK OF HUSBANDRY. the frost is coming out of the ground and in times of protracted rains. A narrow road, say not more than twelve feet wide, may be sufficiently drained by a single line of tiles laid under its center, as shown in Fig. 23 ; but if it is much wider than that it will be better to lay a drain at or near each side, as shown in Fig. 24. These drains should not be less than three feet deep. The manner of constructing them is given in the chapter on " Drain- Fig. 24. ''''W''"' '^0'" ^V/-^ IS ft '^ ; They should be made with the same care and in the same manner as ordinary land drains, and may often be connected with the same system. While a good underdrain, alone, will often very much improve a good road, it is usually advisable, especially in heavy land, or on land with a heavy subsoil, to use stones, and if possible gravel which will make a road good at all seasons of the year. As in the case of many other sorts of farm work, there are two ways of making a stone road, both equally costly, but by no means equally effectual. One way is to dig out the road to a depth of a foot and a half for its whole width, and fill it to within six inches of the surface with stones carefully laid on their flat sides, and brought to a uniform face at the lop—then to cover them with gravel or other filling. If gravel cannot be obtained, a mixture of broken stones and common earth makes a good , Fig. 25. ^,,y. surface. This sort of road (shown in Fig. 25) is excellent when first made, but a few years of heavy teaming will " shake it to ; The jarring caused by heavy teams passing over it will. 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,
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