Draining for Profit: And Draining for HealthOrange Judd Company, 1890 - 252 páginas |
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... rain - water beneficial , springs and soakage - water injurious . Cracking of stiff clays . Evaporation and filtration . - Rain - fall . - Evaporation . - Temperature.- Drought . - Porosity or mellowness . - Chemical action in the soil ...
... rain - water beneficial , springs and soakage - water injurious . Cracking of stiff clays . Evaporation and filtration . - Rain - fall . - Evaporation . - Temperature.- Drought . - Porosity or mellowness . - Chemical action in the soil ...
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... rain - fall and water of filtration . -Embankments . - Muskrats . - Rivers and Creeks . - Outlet of drainage . CHAPTER X. - MALARIAL DISEASES . Fever - and - Ague . - Neuralgia . - Vicinity of New York.-Dr. Bartlett on Periodical Fever ...
... rain - fall and water of filtration . -Embankments . - Muskrats . - Rivers and Creeks . - Outlet of drainage . CHAPTER X. - MALARIAL DISEASES . Fever - and - Ague . - Neuralgia . - Vicinity of New York.-Dr. Bartlett on Periodical Fever ...
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... rain fall , the subsoil may be dried to a 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 ...
... rain fall , the subsoil may be dried to a 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 ...
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... Rain water falling on the soil will descend by its own weight to this level , and the water will rise into the ... fall one inch in depth , and , by the same token , four feet of drained soil can receive twelve inches of rain , -more ...
... Rain water falling on the soil will descend by its own weight to this level , and the water will rise into the ... fall one inch in depth , and , by the same token , four feet of drained soil can receive twelve inches of rain , -more ...
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... rain - fall , finding no room in the soil for its reception , can only lie upon , or flow over , the surface , ― not yielding to the soil the fertilizing matters which it con- tains , but , on the contrary , washing away some of its ...
... rain - fall , finding no room in the soil for its reception , can only lie upon , or flow over , the surface , ― not yielding to the soil the fertilizing matters which it con- tains , but , on the contrary , washing away some of its ...
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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