Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-24
TILE DRAIN1NG.-D. NJ. THOMPSON

lille DRAIN1NG.-D. NJ. Thompson
of this city, has been appointed agent of
the Mankato Drain Tile Works, and has
on hand carload Of their thing for SALE
Something said, therefore, in regard to
the benefits arising from draining lands
will be of interest at this time 1t frees
our houses Of disease by Kidding our cellars
of dampness. BY removing the surplus
water from the soil it secures the effect of
warmer climate wet lands are cold and
sour, and well drained field will add
many days to the season. You can plow,
ETC., at least two weeks earlier, and the
earth is at least ten degrees warmer
There is more certainty of your crop !;
you can plant it earlier therefore it ma
lures earlier. In place of sour useless
grass, you have good, sweet, nutritious
hay. Various plans are adopted to Sc
cure these most desirable results. Pro-
badly the ma ority of the farmers cut some
bitches to carry off the water. These
answer the purpose for short time, but
soon fill up again with mud washed from
the soil by the caving in of banks and by
the trampling of cattle through them.
They are also Objectionable in that they
require a good deal Of land ditch four
feet wide and eight feet on each side that
can not be used makes it equal to a is foot
strip. which, passing through 100 acres of
land, would require one-half of an acre
of the best land on the farm. 1t is also
necessary to provide bridges upon which
of removing water from land is by under
draining. The drains are covered so that
all the land can be cultivated, and teams
can pass along or over them anywhere.
When properly laid there is no caving, no
filling with mud Those who have had
practical eXperienc prefer tile. Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois each have already
laid 40, 900 to $4,000 miles, and experts
say that it is safe minimum estimate
that this is not one-tenth the amount of
tile that will be laid IN these States the
coming years. AS to durability, they
have been found in good state of preser-
walton at the excavation Of Herculaneum
and Pompei, which were destroyed by the
eruptions of Vesuvius. A. D. 70. Tiles
are especially useful in draining our eel.
lars, conveying water from spring to
house and barn, where there is not too
much pressure. also at creameries. The
capacity is governed by the grade or fall,
to great degree. For instance, the ca
pacity of q 3-inch tile Gnside measure
mcnt) with one inch fall per hundred feet,
is Is gallons per minute, while the same
size with 3-inch fall would be IS gallons.
The cost varies, according to size; and
the nature of the soil and the depth would
decide the cost of laying. The fall in this
country should not be less than three
inches per hundred feet for farm draining.
Sloughs or muck lands. are the richest
pieces Of farm land
What grand result for Minnesota if
all our farms were thoroughly drained,
and it would be money in every farmers
pocket and therefore of public benefit.
Where now he can grow nothing, then
he would have the best crops on his farm.
Call on D. NJ. Thompson, Bridge street,
and get his prices and figure it out for
yourselves.
Who will Build New Residences.
There is nothing like investing in i'm
provements and helping to build up the
city. It furnishes employment to laborers
and mechanics and at the same time it is
a safe investment to put ones surplus
money into. Then again it gives general
encourag cement to others to follow. 1t
also swells the matter of revenue of the
state, county and city. If every man in
this city puts his shoulder to the wheel,
enough improvements in this city can be
made in the next ten years to increase the
assessment to nearly double what it now
is. The man that invests his money in
improvements in city is worth a half
dozen of men who put their money in
government bonds and clip the coupons
every six months, and by this means
avoid all the burden Of taxation of state,
county or city, and pay not one dollar
toward keeping up the departments that
protect their person and property. The
man who invests his money in visible
property, which is regularly listed by the
assessor for taxation, pushes everything
right along. Give us more men who
make visible improvements in city.
They show off better to the visitors from
abroad and men at home like the sight
of new houses. The man who boards
his money is no help to town. He
never builds it up. He squats down and
gets the benefit Of other mems improve.
ments. He is sort of human blood
sucker. We have some of these very
suckers in Austin.
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