Draining for Profit, and Draining for HealthJudd, 1911 - 252 páginas |
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... upper end of the flat which lies next to the out- let , by the necessity for a fall and the 58 DRAINING FOR PROFIT AND HEALTH .
... upper end of the flat which lies next to the out- let , by the necessity for a fall and the 58 DRAINING FOR PROFIT AND HEALTH .
Página 90
... upper end of the drain has a fall of three inches , the next 90 DRAINING FOR PROFIT AND HEALTH.
... upper end of the drain has a fall of three inches , the next 90 DRAINING FOR PROFIT AND HEALTH.
Página 96
... upper end of it . As the distance is nearly 200 feet , and as it is advisable to give a fall at least five - tenths of a foot per hundred feet to so im- portant an outlet as this , the drain at the silt basin may be fixed at only 2 feet ...
... upper end of it . As the distance is nearly 200 feet , and as it is advisable to give a fall at least five - tenths of a foot per hundred feet to so im- portant an outlet as this , the drain at the silt basin may be fixed at only 2 feet ...
Página 101
... upper end , as the lateral entering there carries the water of a spring , which is supposed to fill a 1 - inch tile . The length of this drain , from the silt - basin to that point is 575 feet . The main drain C will require 24 inch ...
... upper end , as the lateral entering there carries the water of a spring , which is supposed to fill a 1 - inch tile . The length of this drain , from the silt - basin to that point is 575 feet . The main drain C will require 24 inch ...
Página 108
... upper end of the drain and proceeds to- ward its outlet : RATE OF FALL To DEPTH . DISTANCE . TOTAL FALL . PER 100 FEET . STAKE , FROM STAKE , DEPTH , No. 17..4.17 feet . No. 11..4.19 feet . 246 feet . No. 11..4.19 " No. 10..4.59 ** 2.64 ...
... upper end of the drain and proceeds to- ward its outlet : RATE OF FALL To DEPTH . DISTANCE . TOTAL FALL . PER 100 FEET . STAKE , FROM STAKE , DEPTH , No. 17..4.17 feet . No. 11..4.19 feet . 246 feet . No. 11..4.19 " No. 10..4.59 ** 2.64 ...
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acre agricultural amount basin bottom brick bushels carried cause cents chapter clay collars commenced condition connection considerable contour lines cost course covered crop cultivation deposit depth discharge diseases distance ditch drainage dyke earth effect evaporation fall farm farmer feet deep fever fiber crops field fifth column filled flow foot four feet Gisborne grade ground Hackensack River heat heavy rain houses improvement inches joints kiln labor laid land 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 roots salt marsh saturated season sewage sewers shown in Fig side silt silt-basin slope soakage spring stakes steepest descent stone subsoil sufficient surface tide tile tile-draining tion typhoid fever undrained upper end vegetable whole width
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