Draining for Profit: And Draining for HealthOrange Judd Company, 1890 - 252 páginas |
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... considerable duration . Rain water collected in hollows of stiff land , by the simple movement given it by the wind , so puddles the surface that it holds the water while the adjacent soil is dry and porous . The term puddling will ...
... considerable duration . Rain water collected in hollows of stiff land , by the simple movement given it by the wind , so puddles the surface that it holds the water while the adjacent soil is dry and porous . The term puddling will ...
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... considerable proportion of this finely - divided part of " soil , the impalpable matter , as it is generally called , is " found , by the aid of the microscope , to consist of broken " down vegetable tissue , so that when a small ...
... considerable proportion of this finely - divided part of " soil , the impalpable matter , as it is generally called , is " found , by the aid of the microscope , to consist of broken " down vegetable tissue , so that when a small ...
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... considerable depth , crack- ing and gaping open , in wide fissures , as the clay loses its water of absorption , and shrinks . After the surface soil has become sufficiently dry , the land may be plowed , seeds will germinate , and ...
... considerable depth , crack- ing and gaping open , in wide fissures , as the clay loses its water of absorption , and shrinks . After the surface soil has become sufficiently dry , the land may be plowed , seeds will germinate , and ...
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... considerable depth in the subsoil , and enclosed in a compact- ed bed of the stiffest earth that can conveniently be found . Stone - drains , brush - drains , sod - drains , mole - plow tracks , and the various other devices for forming ...
... considerable depth in the subsoil , and enclosed in a compact- ed bed of the stiffest earth that can conveniently be found . Stone - drains , brush - drains , sod - drains , mole - plow tracks , and the various other devices for forming ...
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... considerable addition to its water wells up , and soaks its very surface ; and that which is added after it is already brim full , must flow off over the surface , or lie in puddles upon it . Evaporation is a slow process , and it ...
... considerable addition to its water wells up , and soaks its very surface ; and that which is added after it is already brim full , must flow off over the surface , or lie in puddles upon it . Evaporation is a slow process , and it ...
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acre agricultural allow basin bottom brick bushels carried cause cents clay collars commenced condition connection considerable contour lines cost course covered crop cultivation deposit depth discharge diseases distance ditch drainage dyke earth effect Ensilage evaporation fall Farm farmer feet deep fever field fifth column filled flow foot four feet Gisborne grade ground Hackensack River heat heavy rain houses improvement inches joints kiln labor laid land lateral drains laying length less lower main drain malarious manure marsh matters moisture muddy water nearly necessary obstruction operation outlet particles pipes placed plants plow porous practice prevent quantity rain-fall removed result retentive roots salt marsh saturated season sewage sewers shown in Fig side silt silt-basin slope soakage soil spring stakes steepest descent stone subsoil sufficient surface tide tile tile-draining tion typhoid fever undrained upper end whole width