. The Canadian farmer's manual of agriculture [microform] : the principles and practice of mixed husbandry as adapted to Canadian soils and climate : comprising: the field; produce of the farm; stock raising and management; manufactures of the farm; dairy; diseases of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs; farm buildings, modern machinery and implements : counsel to the immigrant-settler, Agriculture; Farms; Agriculture; Exploitations agricoles. m The Canadian Farmer's V.) Hi iM! â to; i I; '. 1st.âThrow in loose stones of all shapes and of any size above a pebble, and below that of a boulder, to
. The Canadian farmer's manual of agriculture [microform] : the principles and practice of mixed husbandry as adapted to Canadian soils and climate : comprising: the field; produce of the farm; stock raising and management; manufactures of the farm; dairy; diseases of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs; farm buildings, modern machinery and implements : counsel to the immigrant-settler, Agriculture; Farms; Agriculture; Exploitations agricoles. m The Canadian Farmer's V.) Hi iM! â to; i I; '. 1st.âThrow in loose stones of all shapes and of any size above a pebble, and below that of a boulder, to a depth of about 10 inches , cover with a little brush or inverted sods, and fill up with earth. Such drains in a stiffish subsoil will last for years, but their action is rather slow. 2nd.âPlace two flat stones for sides on then edge, and cover them with a third; above this cover again throw m a few inches of small stone ; or we have seen, where flat stones are abundant, as in many limestone ridges, the whole ditch bottom filled in, ))lacing flat stones on their edges for sides, a flat stone on top, a few inches of loose stones above that again, and the whole then filled in with earth, ridging up a little to allow of settling. 3rd.âPlace one flat stone at the bottom, and two more, one on each side, forming a triangle ; cover with small stones and fill in the earth Where stones can be obtained at a reasonable distance, and laid alongside the open ditch or grip, these drains are the cheapest and most practicable, and, if care be exercised in so adjusting them that the stones cannot cave in on one another and form a dam, will last for a very long time. It would be well, however, to bear in mind that it will not answer to make drains of stones in deep alluvial soils, such as exist in some of our swamps even, as neither stones nor tiles will do in sand that is at all of the nature of quicksand. Wood.âIn many parts of Canada, in the neighbourhood of low, wet-lying lands, there
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