Draining for Profit, and Draining for HealthJudd, 1911 - 252 páginas |
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... practiced eye . Sometimes it is the broad banner of standing water , or dark , wet streaks in plowed land , when all should be dry and of even color ; sometimes only a fluttering rag of distress in curling corn , or wide - cracking clay ...
... practiced eye . Sometimes it is the broad banner of standing water , or dark , wet streaks in plowed land , when all should be dry and of even color ; sometimes only a fluttering rag of distress in curling corn , or wide - cracking clay ...
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... consideration here would consume space , which it is desired to devote only to the reasons for , and the practice of , thorough - draining . To one writing in advocacy of improvements , of any LAND TO BE DRAINED AND THE REASONS WHY . 15.
... consideration here would consume space , which it is desired to devote only to the reasons for , and the practice of , thorough - draining . To one writing in advocacy of improvements , of any LAND TO BE DRAINED AND THE REASONS WHY . 15.
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... practice , and on a rational application of well know principles of science . These facts and principles are worthy of examination , and they are set forth below , somewhat at length , especially with reference to Absorption and ...
... practice , and on a rational application of well know principles of science . These facts and principles are worthy of examination , and they are set forth below , somewhat at length , especially with reference to Absorption and ...
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... practice that the first foot in depth of retentive soils is more retentive than that which lies below . If this opinion as to the cause of this greater im perviousness is correct , it will be readily seen how water , descending to the ...
... practice that the first foot in depth of retentive soils is more retentive than that which lies below . If this opinion as to the cause of this greater im perviousness is correct , it will be readily seen how water , descending to the ...
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... practice , he employed Mr. Josiah Parkes to lay out and superintend his work , and thus effected a saving , ( after paying all pro- fessional charges , ) of fully twelve per cent , on the cost of the draining , which was , at the same ...
... practice , he employed Mr. Josiah Parkes to lay out and superintend his work , and thus effected a saving , ( after paying all pro- fessional charges , ) of fully twelve per cent , on the cost of the draining , which was , at the same ...
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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.