, 1874-06-13

old, aud others impraotlcablo, Or nt loast, Of no
ya1ao; while tho Implement, as limited at III tho
postscript, may be made useful. =.
Tho laying Of ttlo by lifting tho aol aud allow
ing 1t to fall back In place may DO possible;
but to. do 1t in woFlsman1lko ranuor Is quite
another thing, Ii not quite out OF tho question.
ThQro is devlco to raiso and lowor tho machine
to suit tho inequality Of the surface. But this
is nothing now, for the same thing has been
patented, or, at least attached to the old mole
drain maohiuo and yet It did not provo
n auccess. It is wcll known TINT doprcs-
sion in q moto OF tile drain will Ill
up with Ano sanl, md, II tho depression is
o9ual to tho height Of tho horo of tho drafu, in
timp It will DO fully closed. II this could bo
avoided in tho making of molo-drainB they would
prove quito Huccess. In theory, tho apparatus
for regulating tho depth looks practicable; but
us tho low lind through which the drain ia mado
may have soft places In 1t, tho hoavy mnch1no
sinks, and tho depression ia at onco below the
Lowell md aftor timo this depression bccon1os
filled with sand, mud tho pressure OF tho wntor
forces itsolfup through the surface, and wo havo
a break, or, Us tito farmors call it, "burst-up.'
To say that such doyico Is Of no value would
bo incorroct but to aay TINT 1t fully answers The
ond claimed is certainly claiming too much, and
something more IL required in order to mike tho
bottom Of tho drain rotnin m ovon grade.
Some drain-tle Inns a bore Of only l inch, md
tho moat Of It 2 inches, which ia the. common
aizo. Nov. 1t ia impossible, In noarly Lowell land
aud especially Hlollghs, to hoop the drain at d
uniform depth. Failing in tlis, 1t ia useless 10
place tho tilo in aucl drain; for, III short
time, tho sand would ruin it. lIonco wo may
also assume TINT tho claim, or doyicc, for 1aying
tho tilo III that sort Of drain, Is Of no value. 10
lay lilo III q molo- -drain, gu . similar plum, is
nothing new in the annals Of draining on the
Wcstern prairies; Us also to draw III narrow
presyion,-all Of which haye failod.
It iB plain, then, that wo must first open tho
ditch with the machine, mud then loyol tho bot
tom by land in order to prevent any depression
very much tito statement of a1r. r., TINT the tile
iB best Ibid from tho machine. Tho laying OF
tho lilo by hand In the bottom Of tile ditch ia no
very difficult process; for, in order to got at the
bottom to leYol il; the ditch must bo cut wider
State, draiu so inchoa dcep will answer good
purpose, and about 40 rods Of drain to tho acre
will be sufficient for tho most OF it, md half or
less distance for tho dryor part Of tho land that
would DO at all benefited BY tho nse OF tlu:
II Farmer Il. in successful with his machine,
lo viii hayo to give up the .tdoA Of laying tho
tile as proposed in his drawings as in the patonf,
and fall buck on diHcharglng tho oarth on one
side Of tho DITCH which he also claims, and thon
ho n may bo ready to iii tho ditch BY tho aid Of
The tins tins nns como for 4 practical display Of
tile.draining. Lind has become yalunbo, and
farm-products command q price that viii repay
"a liberal outlay in ordor to seoure good crops, on
all our lands. I throw out these suggestions to
lit. 4. and others who have this subject in
bs bsn reee7s Tta II tSs' tSs st taat they IL who'll S
they arc given,-simply pointing out tho
rocks that should be avoided. An Invention of
this kind is growth, apd not flash Of genns;
and no must, therefore, DO patient and hasten
All similar improvements in agricultural i'm
plements hayc boon OF slow growth, and duo to
i great numbsr OF men.
THE HEATER
is a combination Of patents. thongh ono nntl
and practicahility of tho machine. Tho Scottish
parson, Boil, is nearly forgotten in this connec-
ton, as lie failed IN putting the idoa into sue
cessfnl practice, and Husaoy took up tho idoa,
but Ills SUCCESS was only partlal; Lis amootll-
cut against, and this Ind to DO
supplied; aud 30 it was that ono thing after
another was supplied, until tho machine not only
cut, but mado up tho bundles for binding; md
tho hiuding haB also boon aseayed, but thus far
ia,uot complete ssccoss, though wo may DO nblo
to auno,lnce this before auotllor harvest. Per-
haps this Inst should BIO qualified for Burbon
has shown that lie Gun bind day aftor day with
s rnnt ~ ~ fapnars n Hos ~ so poGt anh .;t
70 tencn lo sre't nahS u 1H'oois " u9e ~ "''n
like snecoas: :.,.o,. =, ,,n,,u. o,,,o, ,,.,.u
An" Anothef 1mP'en'on' ol allno8t eaua1 1mpos-
'anco' ,x,, .a,,nn, o,r mr., r,r,ro,
1at sInAnEInom ;n1,1a ;ia,nr uoltvniG, nl, - ill.,
has nad s;af ns'E,s' ~, - atao s1t o. sGe
pre toro ~ " tio ~ for tat xst ;n
pt eiraa i o rso iro ,voo,a ~ en nnca tor
hrea ", ahe ~ mnoosn Mona aa 5ongnu nse 'uef
but tug snSle , enoyoH Mve asappetroa ama
camss aouo shnSes, Snn coFrous m M fontFaYanoes ~ ta
aaoea TO niake u en.nlleto' lo ~ ~ tAosg
aoat was aaaea, 10 tnhs sne poy Eng lsa!.a, ine
aGrmnt a@uSnsor. sne gs.pno, " 10 uan VIII
"hlsellgo looAn may .po 'unaplou " Eo.uomh ts
throush tho ione toWss and accomplish TINT
~mch n1 WIS before lmposslo!e.
Iho man VINO may SEQ tne ;hoea Q! aomo new
implement. anu the man VINO puts tho ldca into
practical form. aro nosh worthy o. pfa'se % nna
antlslea ito fee4ra pns lew q tne mat eiasa en-
9ayo a eyaEnoen I.a reoiplahts "nen M younE s.a. @
t cGnGevca tnG lea t,t o. t1e m sa M
cativator, It IL not probable that he naa tne 1o
sYpte 'aaA M la The Old ID snso @
shovel 'Nouu Hp soug 'p1 !Ade, .pAb thak tHo