, 1859-09-10

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DRAINING
Tastakcn mp md an interesting debate was
had in which mole draining was highly CON-
n'ended BY all who had tried it On clay subsoils
j. G. Roots. Of Perry County, guve its history
from 1889, and had found tue d1ains made at
TINT time stand well Soppingtoa, Of De Witt
County, osc1man, Of Mclean, Astrander, Of
Livingston. and others participated. 1t was
conceded thai crawGsb would not choke up the
3rains, hut that on the contrary, the current Of
water running through them would carry this
land vermin out by the bushels 10 the mouth Of
tue drains. al! who lad experience with them
agreed as to their virtue in producing 4 supply
Of stock wafer. In a loose subsoii, such as
much Of Central Illinois, tue drift grounds OF
sandy loans Of the North they are Of little
yulae.
After hearing the subject pro and con We
have the same opinion Of this ditcler; and that
is, 80 soou rs We can obtain tile at reasonable
prices at our brick yards, weIsha1l hear little Of
this machine. For 1ouE time it was highly
valued in England, but the tile soon drore it
out. and now it has been taken up ns new
thing while in fact it is DID, and, consequently,
nearly I'LL LIE pllGDtS EIAuLfa ATE 01 HlIle F0iuG
It put to the test of legal scrutiny. Tic mole,
which is the most important, IS cettainly out Of
the contest, Us well rs the sword and oil that in
lett is sUmc nice point about the adjustment Of
the parts. Each man On tue ground has tue best,
Of course. 1t is well known that in forcing six
inch mole through solid clog thalt becomes i'm
water aud act like lead pipe, and this is why
they are valuable for stock water. Commencing
as in those Cases in pond, the water is ndmit-
ted md must run through. Most Of the moles
huye n blade 10 cut some inches below, allowing
the water 10 filter through. Others n1low it TO
cutter by the cut 11n1 %nSe ', By the ., blade CT
it press only on the top and sides, H.
lowing the water to come in at the bottom
but some Of these du not fully accomplish this
purpose Another difficulty is 10 get them in
and out Of the ground, to hare them run at any
depth in or ont at pleasure, thus giring n
sion and cutting deep at pleasure, through high
points 50 US to keep up tic water level. unc
Of the mole 6itciers from Galesbursh. t1atrof
Joel Lee has double swnrd und adjustable lev
trby which the aboyc object is attained in most
perfect manner, ut the same time the mole is so
constructed as 10 pass only on the side aud bot
toni, Another modification Of this .n8caiDc is
to use a small mole, end Of course a smaller ma
chine, to be drawn by five or SIX teams to drain
lands ono or two feet deep, FOR temporary1pnr-
poses, under the expectation that they will iiaye
10 be repeated every two or three years, but in
On Tue whole these ditchers, aud tue show
was large, ATTRACTED no small attention. They
cannot veil fait Of being useful in DIR subsoiis
where siic cannot be lad or is loo expensive al
| the same time glauce will convince any one
| that 1hcy canuot drain the 1an1 80 thoroughly
| Us wLcn the lie arc put in by the spadc.
vows
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The show OF p'ows Is large nnd eompcthlon
spirited. Nearly atl arc superior inplemeemts eI, $
Mnd do tue manufacturers good credit. me
first in the long Inns is lot OF them by ). y.
Skinner, Rockford. Six diamond Plows, I'D
1ound pavist Ninnebaso. -Four by James Lrny'
WarrenriI'c, with standing coulter Ar; Gray,
yon had best put on the wheel cutter and leave
Ut that old fosy uprendage., Tour p'oms are
good, and the fastening Of tue standard TO the
| side Of tue beam We 41e. ). hHs'9sop
Of Morris. has t"o QioNs' one ~, a,eel