Draining for Profit: And Draining for HealthOrange Judd Company, 1890 - 252 páginas |
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... Engineering and Su- perintendence . -2 . Digging the ditches . - 3 . Grading the bottoms.- 4. Tiles and tile laying . - 5 . Covering and filling . - 6 . Outlets and Silt- Basins . ) CHAPTER VII . - WILL IT PAY ? Increased crops 5.
... Engineering and Su- perintendence . -2 . Digging the ditches . - 3 . Grading the bottoms.- 4. Tiles and tile laying . - 5 . Covering and filling . - 6 . Outlets and Silt- Basins . ) CHAPTER VII . - WILL IT PAY ? Increased crops 5.
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... crops required to pay cost of draining .- ( Corn , Wheat , Rye , Oats , Potatoes , Barley , Hay , Cotton , Tobacco ) .- Instances of profit.- Effect of draining in facilitating farm work . CHAPTER VIII . - HOW TO MAKE DRAINING TILES ...
... crops required to pay cost of draining .- ( Corn , Wheat , Rye , Oats , Potatoes , Barley , Hay , Cotton , Tobacco ) .- Instances of profit.- Effect of draining in facilitating farm work . CHAPTER VIII . - HOW TO MAKE DRAINING TILES ...
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... crop , if it is thoroughly drained , and is kept loose at its surface . Poor crops are , when the cultivation of the soil is rea- sonably good , caused either by inherent poverty of the land , or by too great moisture during the season ...
... crop , if it is thoroughly drained , and is kept loose at its surface . Poor crops are , when the cultivation of the soil is rea- sonably good , caused either by inherent poverty of the land , or by too great moisture during the season ...
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... crops ; in which there is not a free outlet at the bottom for all the water which it receives from the heavens , from adjoining land , or from springs ; and which is more or less in the con- dition of standing in a great , water - tight ...
... crops ; in which there is not a free outlet at the bottom for all the water which it receives from the heavens , from adjoining land , or from springs ; and which is more or less in the con- dition of standing in a great , water - tight ...
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... crop may be a fair one , if the land be rich , a very good one . It is not im- possible , nor even very uncommon , for such soils to produce largely , but they are always precarious . To the labor and expense of cultivation , which ...
... crop may be a fair one , if the land be rich , a very good one . It is not im- possible , nor even very uncommon , for such soils to produce largely , but they are always precarious . To the labor and expense of cultivation , which ...
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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