Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-02-05

wet piece and undefdfalned IL, ana IL mas
produced large crops ever since.
Il. IFeb5er. | think undertaking
paws on some land and on some it does
not ! have a piece of wet land which
produced heavy grass until ditch was
cut through it, and not till the ditch fill
ed up did it cut half as much grass as
it did before. Since the ditch filled up
it has cut very heavy grass.
President. | was reading not long
since of a man who bought a piece OF
very poor wet land his neighbors said
he would starve there. He has ditched
it and it is now in very high state of
cultivation. His mode of ditching was
with a pillow and scraper. He plowed
and scraped them out, putting the dirt
in the hollows and in this way he made
his ground smooth. His drains were
about eight feet wide on the top, slanting
down so the grass grew to the waters
edge, and they could be crossed with a
team.
e. Webber That mode Of ditching
would not do on my meadow as the muck
is so deep, could not pillow after the
turf was broken for team would 90 in
all over
President When cleared my Eden
farm there was wet piece and I seeded
it with redtop, and it has produced heavy
grass and of good quality ever since.
G. ". tSeover We have got to drain
our wet land. If we could only do SO
without it costing SO much there would
be more of it done. have not stone on
my place, only cobble If [ had slate
stone to cover with. I could use the cob
bles for the sides.
IL Alen. | have read an account of
wooden drains lasting a long time.
H. Merr9H [ think wooden drains
will fill up and have to be relaid.
I. d. r. Collins. The nicely of the
thing in laying tile is that you do not
have to dig so wide ditch, only four OF
five inches wide. They have imple-
ments for digging which makes the Ia
Dor very much less.
j. McAU5Ster If the farmers here
wished to use tile, think they had bet
ter send and get some one that knows
how to make them and have them made
here. [ know of man in Stowe who
had a piece of land which since my re-
membrance has been frog pond. He
has drained it and raises corn or any
thing he wishes on it. [ think stone
drains will fill up. If land lays low SC
it cannot be drained, think it will pay
to draw on sand have noticed where
sand has washed on it improves the land
President. [ know of piece of land
which was very wet and covered with
logs They turned brook and washed
on sand enough to cover the logs or about
two feet, and it is now nice, dry, pro-
ductive field.
S. Smith. | think there is a way tC
drain without tile. The drain can be
made with boards or plank; think 8
stone drain will last long time; rounc
stone make good drain know of drains
which have been down fifteen years ant
are all right now. Do not know but al
land, wet or dry, would be benefited BY
undertaking: Think open drains good
One of my neighbors has piece of lane
which was so wet he could not drive cat
tie over it. He has cut ditch on tn
side next to the dry land and it is nov
dry and is very extra pasture, produc
ing white clover.
j. ". Simpson. | think draining
will pay here. Land that is drained i
improved In draining the first thin
to do is to find out where the waite
comes from. The first ditch to be Gu
next to the dry land, and then run 9th
ers from this. In Scotland the land
all drained; the better it is drained, tn
more it rents for; think tiles can
made here as we'll as to send off for then
| think stone can be used so as to last
: long time. | put in stone drain eigf
teen years ago and it answers all purpos
es now. Think farmers loose a goo
deal by not undertaking. Our we
= mucky land if it is drained, the muc
I will not be so deep; it will dry. OF
, wet land is the best land we have, if "
underdrain it.
s. Smith. I think bitches shout
not run down the hill if it descends vel
fast they should run very near level
! N. Root [ think wooden drains wi
r, last a long time Our meadows shoul
/ be drained by open bitches. From a,
: ricultural reports and reports from 9th
vt countries, we find that underdraini1
If pays.
,e G. ". Seacer. I think open ditch
on wet land will not pay, it carries Il
re surface water off and it is damage rat
n. er than benefit But underdrain al
n let the surface water flow over the t.
and it will improve it.
I'd A. Horse. [ have not had much e
d, perience in draining. I have piece
of wet land which has produced good gra.
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