Draining for Profit, and Draining for HealthJudd, 1911 - 252 páginas |
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... commenced . " Farming upon paper " has never been held in high repute , but draining upon paper is less a subject for objection . With a good map of the farm , showing the comparative levels of outlet , hill , dale , and plain , and the ...
... commenced . " Farming upon paper " has never been held in high repute , but draining upon paper is less a subject for objection . With a good map of the farm , showing the comparative levels of outlet , hill , dale , and plain , and the ...
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... commencing , they are indispensa- ble ; and their introduction here will enable the novice to understand , more clearly than would otherwise be possible , the principles on which the plan should be made . For preliminary examinations ...
... commencing , they are indispensa- ble ; and their introduction here will enable the novice to understand , more clearly than would otherwise be possible , the principles on which the plan should be made . For preliminary examinations ...
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... commences its lateral should , if possible , be Fig . 10. - STONE PIT TO CONNECT SPRING WITH DRAIN . down over its surface , before it movement down the valley ; and it so arranged that it shall have a uniform descent for its whole ...
... commences its lateral should , if possible , be Fig . 10. - STONE PIT TO CONNECT SPRING WITH DRAIN . down over its surface , before it movement down the valley ; and it so arranged that it shall have a uniform descent for its whole ...
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... commenced . 66 17 . 4,819 66 66 18. 9 A. M. 2,208 66 44 19. 7 66 1,825 66 $ 6 66 ::::: 993 66 662 66 560 66 1,698 66 515 66 442 66 66 4. 6 % 66 66 5. 6 % 66 8,490 13,018 66 45,288 66 191 184 66 66 66 868 66 66 66 This slight rain only ...
... commenced . 66 17 . 4,819 66 66 18. 9 A. M. 2,208 66 44 19. 7 66 1,825 66 $ 6 66 ::::: 993 66 662 66 560 66 1,698 66 515 66 442 66 66 4. 6 % 66 66 5. 6 % 66 8,490 13,018 66 45,288 66 191 184 66 66 66 868 66 66 66 This slight rain only ...
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... . Thomas Hammond , of Penshurst , ( Kent , ) now uses no other size for the parallel drains than the inch " tile in the table ( No. 5 , ) having commenced with No. 66 " 4 , * and it may be here 88 DRAINING FOR PROFIT AND HEALTH .
... . Thomas Hammond , of Penshurst , ( Kent , ) now uses no other size for the parallel drains than the inch " tile in the table ( No. 5 , ) having commenced with No. 66 " 4 , * and it may be here 88 DRAINING FOR PROFIT AND HEALTH .
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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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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.