The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-06-18
WHOLE NUMBER S36.
Home; Farm and Garden.
UNDER-DRAfNAGE-

Many Of the farmers OF Hsncock
county are getting alive 10 the great
iDpor anee Ota thorough system of
underdrainage, ard soms are carry
ing il into practice. They will fnd
every dollar thus Invested viii bring
large percentage in Increased
crops. We shall endeAvor to pub
iIsh, from time 10 time, items OF in-
iertst on this imporIaHs subject. The
.Oilowing from ihs Cincinnati Ga
ze;ie is worthy of their attention:
CJrTAGE GROVE. IND April Is.
Among the subjects so well dis
clssed Ia the agricultural Columns
O5tiie G0@ette, yloae seems SO com
p.eteiy neglected according to It's
clerit5 as that OF under drainage.
As Il class, we farGers have not
she talent TO appear before the pub
&c, snd few Others feel interested in
-his iagch neglected subject.
1 woa.d ike to teli the farmers in
my awkward way oi an experiment
IN twenty acres Of wet land on my
Iaru.
IN thoroughly under. draining
twenty acres as an experiment with
large drain tiles, the field cost S20.-
% per acre tor drainage. Yet, when
L harvested tne iirst crop lwheat) it
yleidei enough-more than any 9TH
er field OF similar size with same cuI-
tiyalion-to pay the full cost of un-
ieT-draining.
Ii farmers would thoroughly un-
der-drain one field with large tiles
not less GHan thi. ty six inches deep
IS an experiment, they would not
hesitate 10 pay even twelve per cent.
interest for money 10 drain their
;and- The truth is, there is not an
acre Of upland in Rush or adjoining
couaties that will not well pay for
dI aiming. Yours, ORANGE.
There can be no question OF the
great Importance of under draining.
Same farmers who have used small
liTe drains haye become dissatisfied
with the use of tiles and recommend
stone drains. But by using large
.ile drains and having the tiles well
baked in the process of manufacture,
probably no material is better than
lies. One thing Is certain, a great
ieal of upland needs draining; and
he expense will generally all be re-
lmbursed in the course of two or
three crops, .ff
To tie Editor Of tie Gin. Gaz.
The Inclosed slip 1 recently cut
RON the Gazette, which i have been
4 reader of icr many years.
This article speaks of using large
tiles, but does not give the size con-
sidered large.
Please give me the size consider
ed large. Yours truly,
G. A. CRowgLL.
REMARKS in land draining, tiles
which aford 2 space OF three or four
uches i'll diameter for the water,
ire considered large tiles. When
lie draining was first undertaken,
naay recommended II inches or 2
acheS Is aHording an ample orifice.
CA pc iShSS- HO"SFer, las SHOWN
hat large lilies are better.
We notice in the Northwestern
farmer q communication from John
| thompson, Of Mount Carmel, Frank
III county, Indiana, wherein be al
1ies to tile dFaia having become
.se.ess, after LING years existence
N account Or VRu4tabie roots nena
rating down through the soil, and
:uing and choking up the drain.
dr. IbomPs0n does DOt give the SIZE
II shr ,i!e5 useG, but he states that
leg gere l~ii II iee; deep in inc
5r0und. As q general thing, tiles
.houid be laid three feet deep, and
hen, II three or tour inch tiles are
ssed, We think that no choking up
would be apt ever to occur.