Draining for Profit, and Draining for HealthJudd, 1911 - 252 páginas |
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... effects . - Cheap- ness versus economy . -- Details of cost . ( 1. Engineering and Su- perintendence . - 2 . Digging the ditches . - 3 . Grading the bottoms.- 4. Tiles and tile laying . - 5 . Covering and filling . - 6 . Outlets and ...
... effects . - Cheap- ness versus economy . -- Details of cost . ( 1. Engineering and Su- perintendence . - 2 . Digging the ditches . - 3 . Grading the bottoms.- 4. Tiles and tile laying . - 5 . Covering and filling . - 6 . Outlets and ...
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... Effect of draining in facilitating farm work . CHAPTER VIII . - HOW TO MAKE DRAINING TILES . Materials . Preparation of earths . - Moulding tiles . - Machines . - Dry- ing and rolling . - Burning . - Kilns . - General arrangement of a ...
... Effect of draining in facilitating farm work . CHAPTER VIII . - HOW TO MAKE DRAINING TILES . Materials . Preparation of earths . - Moulding tiles . - Machines . - Dry- ing and rolling . - Burning . - Kilns . - General arrangement of a ...
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... effect of drought , except on poor sands and gravels , may be presumed to result from the same cause ; and a certain ... effects of drought are , of course , sometimes manifested on soils which do not require draining , -such as those ...
... effect of drought , except on poor sands and gravels , may be presumed to result from the same cause ; and a certain ... effects of drought are , of course , sometimes manifested on soils which do not require draining , -such as those ...
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... effect of evaporation , and as atmospheric air is ex- cluded by water , will the germination of the seed be re- tarded ; and , in case of complete saturation for a long time , absolute decay will ensue , and the germ will die . The ...
... effect of evaporation , and as atmospheric air is ex- cluded by water , will the germination of the seed be re- tarded ; and , in case of complete saturation for a long time , absolute decay will ensue , and the germ will die . The ...
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... effect of this arrangement . " In Fig . 1 we perceive that " these canals and pores are " all empty , the soil being " perfectly dry ; and the " canals communicating free- " ly at the surface with the " surrounding atmosphere , " the ...
... effect of this arrangement . " In Fig . 1 we perceive that " these canals and pores are " all empty , the soil being " perfectly dry ; and the " canals communicating free- " ly at the surface with the " surrounding atmosphere , " the ...
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Página 34 - Such were the effects at an early period of the year on a black bog. They suggest some idea of what they are, when in July or August thunder-rain at 60° or 70° falls on a surface heated to 130°, and carries down with it into the greedy fissures of the earth its augmented temperature. These advantages porous soils possess by nature, and retentive soils only acquire them by drainage.
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Página 65 - ... other. The obvious remedy is to destroy their united action ; to break through their line of communication. Remove your water of attraction to such a depth that evaporation cannot act upon it, or but feebly. What is that depth ? In ascertaining this point we are not altogether without data. No doubt depth diminishes the power of evaporation rapidly. Still, as water taken from a...
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Página 66 - A farmer manures a field of four or five inches of free soil reposing on a retentive clay, and sows it with wheat. It comes up, and between the kernel and the manure it looks well for a time, but anon it sickens. An Irish child looks well for five or six years, but after that time potato-feeding, and filth, and hardship begin to tell. You ask what is amiss with the wheat, and you are told that when its roots reach the clay they are poisoned.