The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-10-19
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brain Tiles and Under Draining.

Editor Andersoa hstell;Seacer:. !. Through the
energy and perseverance of CIR friend Crayton,
YOU have new IN operation Drain Tile Man
ufactory Ia the suburbs of your town-the first,
so far as I have been informed, in the upper
part of our Statea and IS but few of our agFl-
cult1rists know much, comparatively, OF the
advantages snd lasting benefits consequent on
tile draining, and further, to contribute to the
success of our pioneer in his most pfMaiseworthy M
enterprise propose, ifyou have spare column
ON your, agricultural page iand doubs, for the
entertainment and benefit of most Of your read
ar ers, that it can Be better occnpied) 70 repnb-
Nsh occasionally, as you may find convenient,
one of series of articles or chapters on the sub
;ect of Land Draincge, The Object of Drainage,
The Effect of Draining, Prcetice Of Draining,
Rsstancs Of Drstias, Depth Of Drains, Cutting
of Drains, Ties for Drai.ing, Filing Drains,
Season for Dreining, Cost Of Draining, Profits
of Dfdiaaag, SO, Sc, IA fearful array, says
your devil,) which j have in pamphlet pEamEp form,
gotten up in 1857 by company about enter
inc apon the business of tile manufacturing in
Albany, N. Y, and from. the best authority
that could be procured, both in Europe and
America. - 50 = ~, ~, 49,
From the bestinformation that have de-
rived from various sources on the subject OF
under draining Of both low and iuplauds, from
the use of dEain tiles, instead Of. our bqpgEng
attempts with brush, logs and loose stones,sl
am thoroughly impressed with the belief that
much greater and more lasting. benefits are TO-
be derived than we have ever experienced or
even drsss.sd Of. With proper system of
-ander drainage and sub-soil blowing, We may
in great measure, dispense with what has be-
come an eye-sore to many of US, although. at
one time, q great fayorite, viz, hillside or
grade ditches with their broad belts of from ten
to twelve feet, and in some instances more, of
danuded and quilted subsoil. with due respect
to all that has been published the present year.,
in our excellent Southern Csatsratae, in favor OF
hillside ditchipg,T the preservation from wash
ing land, &C., must confess my faith is be-
canning weak, and more weak, without the aux
,iliaries Of under draining and subsoil plowing.l
With these, 81 ditch may occasionally be re-
quired. s..54, -, s...,. ,.-.,,... a.s.-i4g
Some s1 Years since, whenourl Pendieton Farm !
ers' Society was sustained by more energy and
devotion to the cause than we now have, we be-
came greatly excited on farm improvements,
and especially on the subject of grade and hill
side ditching. Committees were appointed to-
,sds round, eat good dinners, ,iand report Pro
gress to the society, which reports were most
ably made by our secretary Of the clIu1b clIu1b-s'urI
friend; DIR. b. On this occasion lady Fe-I
marked, she did not know why the gentlemen
were running crasys&bout hillside ditches,'
"for," said she, e God knows We have more
than enough of them already in most OF 'onr3I
6elds.o But those were not the kind of bitches
that our writer in the Gbdeiuatop advocates-up
and down the hills ): and am not quite car-
tain, ifhorignta culture was possible, but they
would do as sgell .as grades. They certainly
would with our friend Pamela, ,"the advocate
of delivering his bitches down stream. Surely,
he must t;operase in the Flat Woods" But
to my subject. .
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