. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 120 THE BOOK OF THE FARM. single stones. Fig. 26 shows the form of this sort of drain, and suffi- ciently explains its structure. As li(iuid manure is sluggish m its motion, the drains conveying it require a much greater fall in their course than rain-water drains. They should also run in direct lines, and have as few turnings as possible in their passage to the reservoir or fank, which should be situate ^^^ in the lowest part of the gi
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 120 THE BOOK OF THE FARM. single stones. Fig. 26 shows the form of this sort of drain, and suffi- ciently explains its structure. As li(iuid manure is sluggish m its motion, the drains conveying it require a much greater fall in their course than rain-water drains. They should also run in direct lines, and have as few turnings as possible in their passage to the reservoir or fank, which should be situate ^^^ in the lowest part of the gi'ound, not far i^g from the steading, and at some convenient " place in which composts may be fonned. One advantage of these drains being made straight is, that, should any of them choke liquid manure drain. up at any time by any obstruction, a large quantity of water might be poured down with effect through them, to clear the obstruction away, as none of them are very long. These drains may be seen in the plan, fig. 4, Plate IV. to run from x in their respect- ive courts in straight lines to the tank k'. It would be possible to have a tank in each set of hammels and courts, to let the liquid manure run di- rectly into them ; but the multiplicity of tanks which such an arrange- ment would occasion, would be attended with much expense at first, and much inconvenience at all times thereafter in being so far removed from the composts. Were the practice adopted of taking the liquid manure to the field at once, and pouring it on the ground, as is done by the Flemish farmers, then a tank in every court would be convenient. (76.) The liquid manure tank should be built of stone or brick and lime. Its form may be either round, rectangular, or inegular; and it may be arched, covered with wood, left open, or placed under a slated or thatched roof—the arch forming the most complete roof, in which case the rectan- gular form should be chosen. I have found a tank of an area of only 10
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