The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-07-16

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- great nessay y - esaasry, o. the
aas portion q \ q lssse IL drainage. Aud a.
andse dsaiaass. - Aens IN Eureps, = essiesly
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pertaas . lad sOns msaus ~ aosomplishinr
ths same result It small expense. Thu ~ 80.
lieve has been done BY Mr. Henry MARQUIS. Of
Illinois. Who hasinvsnsed machine for ai,ahins
which be patented three years ago. M. VIM.
Sunderland. Of this City, has one Of these Ma
chimes, and has parchasg1 the right 70 manu-
facture and ssll, for the State.
Thursday afternoon last, With . number Of
gentlemen Of thia Gth we visfted the farm Of
Mr.. LAsrison, ok nils5 West Of Burlington, and
Witnessed the mode Of operation The dissh 10
made three and half feet below the surface
and 10 IN size about eight inches BY six Il 10
made 81 subsoil pillow, which crowds the earth
upwards and to the right anlG elsfs, leaving
sAooshe channel Tor the water with the wallis
90 hard sad compact that il will remain open
for years. TAis pillow is fastened to straight
beam BY strong lat piece Of iron eight inches
wide aad oAe and half inches thick, which
leaves mark onsne surface as though large
harrow tooth had been drawn through il. This
d all the indication Left Of aaitch and ii closes
up at once 50 that there isbot The least oostruc.
siOn to culnvasioh.a This plow, or di.cher, re.
quires considerable power to force it through
the essth. sreashing a. i. does, and doing its
work o - below the surface. To this end .
crab g Nirdlass has been rugged. With three
yoks q casele, rope and windlass and two men.
from one sfeasth to one third of mile can be
ditched per day. In this instance operations
were commenced Wednesday morning on Mr..
Larrisou's fArmsea Tow portion of IT, bss which
Wa entirely dry at the point where the di.cher
entered the earth. When We came upon the
ground Thursday evening the work had pro-
gressed halt mile, ascending gradually through
. low and rather wet piece Of ground, but NO.
where having standing water upon it, but too
wet for cultivation. At the lower end, where
the work had commenced, and where, Is We
said before, there was not the least appearance
Of water Wednesday morning, there was con.
siderable flow Of water equal to two or three
good springs, proving that the new ditch was
performing its work well and would soon drain
. large body of valuable land, rich as it is gen.
orally found, and bring it into cultivation.
At another point on Mr.. LIS farm We examin.
ed another ditch, made two years ago by this
machine. 1t was open aud discharging consid> |
cradle water, the surface Of the land under |
which and adjoining which it passed, being we'll |
drained, dry and arabic as any that can be |
found. We we're told that bitches made by this |
machine six years ago, were still open and per- |
forming as satisfactorily as when tir0s cut.
This mode of ditching is not expensive. II
can be performed speedily, very few days
being sufficient to cut all needed drains on Q
arge farm. And there is little doubt they will
perform their work effectively for years, being
10 obstruction to cultivation or travel, out OF
light, promoting the health and greatly increas
ng the productiveness of the country.