, 1880-03-06

crnl wellknown farmers of the. nelghbor-
hood, Including Afr. Straight Of tho cheese
eHs e. usf SfsS Sa4s SSfs1 eSs 3 sreaS sasa @ as @ %
unanimous opinion. that tie crop on tho
drained lind was at least twice rs heavy, ns
that on the other, and Know OF t1n possih!o
annua ioF So s r x.s s a s proee
tlon from drought, Tf1.E-pnA1SAaE rAYs!
but not to multiply these examples; as
might be done, these prove most cnticltlstve-
70 ny ll the follcwnE pfop"stiIons; in,
da!rylng, will pay better titan exclusive
tlatryl1R. even on our clay soils and without
4 Bit il viii my better sti1l 1etth t.,,der-
made as productive, II properly managed, as
any FARMS In the State or country, and bear
I'll te SITnns grasses and Vegetables suited
,The 5cst grain, fruit, and grnss farms In
New York State aru tho ttle-tratnsd clay
farms of Cnyllga and ad d)ninlnK coIhlies: and
my own observation and experiments on
my own farm convince me that when drained
a@ "n q 'oy1 few yeas omr Ely ecay as
viii fully cqnel In fertility tho best Gf
the more sandy and .grnvc!Dy farms In
Ohio. Even without undertaking our clay
sS pa n nan9 s sess aa o 4a "pu asRnr yan AN
sandy soils, On my farm were three fields OF
two Or tl1rec acres each. which, when bny;,
l helped my father to chver heavily with
Srf Wea neySssy mafy sys aer S a srGps psfT S aHr 5 a
tho remarkable thing Is TINT thoso tl,rGc. plats
have, for these thirty years, clearly shown
tho effects nf TINT n,Annr'ng IN heavier. Trass
tRnn the aolnnKo nnd But, you wfl say
draining md left such lasting. Effects of
lnanuring, why do you untlerirain the same
land Ireply the w!'cnt crop Just n,entionet
was he nny ya G2"d ore % hst W @ IN bsss se
almost failures from winter.ktfting, while
tive wheat crops an tife-tlra!netl land
never Ind the least touch of wfnter-killinE
or Hesslan.ily on sucll land, tl,onkh adjacent
land, not drained, has been battly affected
with bnth., Tree years ago lad marked
Ssy"ad tha le li"a Of 4 the is i iiiefrainc iani
Here the wheat .wintcr-killed budly, and
what was left crinked down 80 badly with
the ~ tint Judged # az not yield eyer Ten
qsa bsSs Rs1d dpsTe We yae hn on the adjoining
now IT WORKS AND ESDCHEs.
But, / may bo asked, how Is It that simply
ttle-drain!ng produces such marvellous re.
,oTe t9ose Gd .tght G1a 1caT EX
spring when. drained. II makes It 1T 10
TIL mid plant much earlier In spring and
much sooner after heavy rains. It prevents
the Immense. waste Of fnanurc by, SURFACE
value Of, the droppings and urine left on the
surface by cattle w!ntered tt the stack in tho
nll-fashinncd way ls lost by washing frnin
the frozen ground. Draining also prevents
tho manure alld the ground itself from being
ba2nr Of so Ma'sf W Or not y a hafd s"
dry up .nore in time Of drought where I'M
ays sd 5e2yeat cn @ u {s poSy y
Williams drained land standing the drought
far better than on my own ul,d rniMrd
lind adjacent, and actually yielding double
the crop, Is one out Of many that
observation. The philosophy Of II. think,
is this: The tiles only remove tho surplus
water beyond the point Of satMrafto1!. This
surplus Is always injurious. It packs clay
thon bakcs down SO hard that roots cannot
penetrate II, and great cracks are formed Mt
the surface. Tlle-<iratned land ,retatns Just
enough wet, md Is left loose allli porous. SO
the forti!izing g1sos have acccss to them. II
Is more loose, porous, and moist, and retains
really more moisture in drought, Just rs q
sponge Will hold. more water and retain 1t
longsr + takSn from p9il q %nter !Gose
But, says m unbelieviug nelghbor, those
tiles will bo apt to- crumble IN few
years, or f., III up, 9p WITH dirt IT,, I answer n!
tlnrcd well for thirty years, and on R. T.
Willlams' land, as some Of you know, they
have been down fifteen years, and are still rs
good as new. l have had frequent occasion
Of tile and join lateral. aud have Invariably
found these tiles rs hard and solid as when
put. down, and rs clean and free from