New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-17
THE YALE AGRICULTURAL LECTURER S.
TWELFTH DAY.
From Our Own Reporter.

From Our Own Reporter
NEw-HAvEs, Feb. ii, 1860.
Judge Henry f. French of New Hampshire, told us,
on being first introduced to the Convention that he
not sn orator. bu his audiences of yesterday and to-
dsy are, if may Judge from their expressoDs the
close of the two dscouses, convinced that he ia pos
seseed of the eoquence OF acs useful to than
tee other glterDg qualification. He commenced this
morning by BAY ing good thing bodl, VIZ that open
dches obetfuct good buebaDdry fsct which the op-
poDeDts TO covered d. aims would do well 10 remember
OpeD dltcbee occupy mach land needessy they cause
constant turpDg at headaDds; then Influence on the
area of soi is not uniform the parts nearest them
are DR. ed while the rest il left "a wet az ever;
III heavy rains not only much SOL washed into the n,
bat along with It, manure that ut labor ana expense
las been applied; their banks washing way, the bot
toms get filled up. and require frequent cleaning
OUT and their sides and Boundary strips afford re'-
uge TO weeds and home to rata, mice, and other YER
min. Sometimes, as headers to cut oil the inflow
of water field, they may be of use; and again,
yeIy yel land, a great canal-lke ditch may be en-
plOy ed, in lieu of natural eaeT-eo1rse TO receive
the drainage of farm; but these are the exceptions
10 stner. rule. The various kinds OF drains were 10
de cbed the lecturer observing that there might
be circumstances where tilee conld not be had, aad
hen-e these several substitutes could be tolerated
MAX eehiit.. IL brush drains, the durability of
the material depends not go much upon its
Keeping nature on the physical and
other character Of the roll. Tins, he hid known
an instance of white. birch, which one wonld think
would decay IN year, having remained In brush
dram for Fix years slmvs fresh as when cut The
reason Tor it, preservation that 1t had been sab
merged in water continually. I1to bruso-dralns soil
very easily fas and here and there the supern
euubent mas caves in sometimes to such an extsnt
that w8gor load of dir is required 10 fill tue sioks;
mice and DOes work into them, 100 and at best they
are poor concerns. The mole-plovifg nov practced
Western prairies is, for new country where laod
is so cheap, End where sticky clay sub soil undere,
whole districts, a toleIsbly good plao. 1t la.
knou nd practieet Enuipu1 eiucD almDst the
me of Neibnsalsh. but Mej. Dickinson Of Steuoen
County, Eew-YoIk, has go ten no one Of
q ese ancient mole plows, and dubbed il "the
Shsngbae," az if it were q new thing. Drains
made in sone " woodel couotres," by laying two
stout poles at bottom and one them. In Scotland
they have ID some beDighted sections, " shoulder
dram, which consists il ggiDg down, say Ia niche,
wide 10 certain DEPTH aud then eating the rest OF
the way Gown only oDe-,hird ~ wide; thus mailing
narrow boz drain IN the Ground on the shoulders of
hicb inv eried riff sods laid as covering, and
the SOL filled up 10 the surface upon them. Stone
drains he eseems next in utility 70 tiles but there Is
great choice in their construction. The beet way Of
all 10 10 set up OF slab perpendlcu
ary aesipst the right bank, and then leaning other
stones against th.m making drain shaped like a Fin
gle.p ch shed roof. II the stones delivered 70
farmer at the edge Of bis debes they still dearer
for his use than Tile draBs even when he has 70 pay
SO or Sl2 per 600 for tile The cost of eKca
vaiiIg and hsuiipg oOulders for draius is very
large, and after all, their function, = unsltsiaetory
1Dc reasOn why tDtE6 KINDS OF GRAINS nave Dceu
stOuty upheld 10y their Is that drain, how
poor far better than noDe crops are Increased,
ii age Facilitated aud the pleased e4perolenter per-
baps willing TO look for better method than the
one he haze employed thinks there is nothing in the
world good. TIE drains, then. told, are the
best OF toe several kinds OF tile, the pipe kind
70 be preferred No tiles are burned without warpg
az uBususl shIinking DOW the eDds should be Wei
fitted together and no kind but pipe.e N be turned
10 make good fits with ano her, and still be
right side up. THIS is the objection 10 the solele,
made at Albany and elsewhere and largely employed.
They must be sole down. and if the lot purchased
much warped, straight wator course can not DO in
sured, aid the d ain 10 corrtspondmgy M
reliable. The Digestion 10 horse.shoe' tile
IL, that IN soft bottom It's narrow
aides sink 70 b. TO render the d'an soueiimee
useless; beside which, they, having heavy weight
10 bear upon marched bottom, are liable 10 split
lengtbwe through the back and, further, the stream
Of water spread over Hat surface cannot ruu 30 rap
idly, and Is less able to sweep away obtrcct!ons, Il;
when the volume is condensed into tubulae FORM
narrowed at the bottom. Thinking that water could
not get into the cose-fttea and cloreeXtured tiles
many in Scotland in former tmes pat foot or 70 Of
small stones over their tile, and soil upon that.
foclish and expensive process ths; for there is no
trouble 10 get water into your intign fcant looking
drns akee of that itself; the trouble has been
TO account Tor It's wonderful importing through such
small orices Parkes, tue great Enssn draner, states
after experiments, that Only 1850 Of the water gets
through The pores Of the tile the balance ia admitted
through the oiDfs. English farmers make their dcaes
foot wide Ut top, inches at toe bottom, and with an
appropriate tool scoop out little round trough in
which 10 lay their pipes. The clay ia then packed
upon them without further trouble or anxiety as 20
tie result. Drains well laid last more than fifty years.
half century is the time counted upon by all the
Land Dramas Companies at the end Of which the
whole Of their loan the farmer il 10 be paid
in Water enters te-drans at bottom, at top for
the same that If you pour water into c.sk Of
sano, with holes made In tho sides at several hgnts
the lowest hole will discharge frs, and the top Que
last. The capacity OF pipedle Ia IN proportion 10 the
squares Of their diameter. Thus If M inch tie will
cany inches Of water, inch viii carry inches
inch g. and 20 ON Inch tiles, therefore, although
perhaps large enough TO hold all the ws'er that we
would discharge from fields, practically no.
large enoogh, for they become filed at say h-lf way
dow the rlope and Of all the ground they pass
through after that might well have no tiles beneath
It, A two.ineb bore Is the smallest Judge Freach
would recommend for general USE and although pre-
viously friend 10 smaller sizes, ! feel con rnced
of the us,ners Of his arguments and shall hereafter re-
commt nd ard ute accordingly. LIBERALS, said when
describing Mr.. Johnstous place on former occasion,
shond be ointsd into the mains pointing dorm stream,
and enter The maine near the top. BY this plan good