Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-11-20


county. There IS a slope oil q hite mii, hab a
mile IN extent, terminating ia a hat iOfY red>
WIDE, ii tgh ah.ch brook meanders. The sud .
on this slope aud IN this lit is Of bghl, porous
qualuy SIX 10 twelve inches deep, reposmg on a +
sUb-soh mperylous 10 wulef, as Clay, rock, or
hafd-pan. BY soil, mean the upper stratum, IN I
Which vegetable matters are blended with earthly ]
materials, aud which constitutes the true pasture
Of paots. Neas the top OF this slope, ail along
on horizontal level, or perhaps lover down,
spoUts or sprnss burst through the sub.sot
thing very common m mly districts The waters
from which finding an easy passage through the
loose soil, spread and run down the s,pe, and
Upon the sub soti, and through the flat, I'LL they
Ind their level IN the brock thermometer
| plunged down to the sub-soll, VII indicate, al
| midsummer temperature probably not greater
than sixty degrees whereas 10 grow aud mature
many OF our bes, farm crops, we tequte heat
| IN the sol OF seventy Or eighty degrees. How
shah we remedy this evil, aud rtnder this land
profitable to he &C upaa Simply by making
Ill uudcldralu OF drains IN gently tnciIhlng IL
| recuon a lulle below those spoutS or springs
and, f Practicable, somewhat INTO the sub-sut.
| These vii catch and conduct of the spoutng
waters aud uy laying the lower plane dry and
permeable TO heat and all, deye'oPe all IT'S natural
powers Of fertility.
Twill suppose another case that OF a fiat SUI
face, underlald by an lmpervous sub.soll. Inns
is rendered unpIoductve or d thcult 10 manage
by stagaanl waters The ram and snow waters
penetrating the soil, are arrested IN Their dowr
ward passage, By the sub.sod, which moi HAVING
slope 10 PISS them of, they remain, aud siagnat'
and putrety, alike preludlcial TO vegetable ah'
e animal health. The mode ot draining sucl
: grounds and rendering them productive aud cas-
), management, is, frs 10 surround The held WIN
uood underdtaln, and 10 construct sufficient ope
dram from the outlay to carry oil the waters
Then with the plough, throw the land INTO rIdge
u of twenty or thirty Ieet IN breadth, according
). the ,enacity oi the soil, in the direction OF 10
T. slore. aud sink an underdrain IN each OF Inc 10
rows between the ridges, terminating them IN y
OF lower ciossdran. The materials oil the unos
e. drain, which are generally stones, should be Ia
N 50 low a. 10 admit of the free passage OF !!
:" plough over them. The supeItluous water.
The laws ofgravitation, settle into these dralhs'a'
pass off, and The soil becomes dry smanaseao
and productive. An acquaintance caheu upon
Scotch farmer whose farm had been uhdeFdfal
ed in this way, and beIug informed that the II
movement costs sixteen dollars an acre,hll haVU
been used remarked thai It was costly ltnpIo'
ment. Yes" was tae farmers reply " ou'
cost deal MAR not 10 do ii" "hch ne Nus"
led BY pointing TO an adjoining farm like situate
which had n. been drained, and was oyersfo'
with rushes and sedgegrass, and then to ms o'
fields ieemlngwlth luxuTIance and 'ch III Tue II
cations Of an abundant harvest.
| have dwelt upon the subject OF draining "
more detail, because have personally feauz
It's benefits, and am sure II may be extensive
gone into with certain prospect OF reward
JUDGE bUEL