The Grenada gazette., 1888-04-28
BENEFITS or DRAINAGE.
An Investment wAieA Rsturas Most Usul
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An Investment wAicA Rssurss Most Usur.
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Evaporation y cooling process.
We are told that people in the East
cool their drinking water BY exposing
1t to the hot sun under wet blanket
II water, therefore, is brought through
the ground. instead of being allowed
to stay on or near its surface, evapora-
ton to great degree will be stopped,
and the ground will be rendered more
genial to growth. Ground that is not
relieved 10y drains of its surface water
baAes upon drying. This baking packs
the soil and runs some stiff soils to-
gether in such u way that the entrance
of water into such soils Is to a great
degree forbidden. Baky ground is in
capable of receiving water from the
air or the earth beneath; wet and baky
soils will yield but feebly to the pull
verizing influences of cultivation. The
more finely the soil is pulverized the
more permeable is it to the direct and
indirect ncurishing influences of water
and air. Soils saturated with water
will not yield to the decompositions
necessary to the nourishment of plants.
When we consider that most agricnlt- !
ural plants absorb1water chiefly when |
presented as capillary" water, or
simply as moisture" we can realize
how the growth of plants is checked
by immersion i'll water. Water on its
way TO the underdrains, carries air
into the soil. and this warmer air
meeting the cooler earth causes con-
densation of moisture, and thus dew
is formed ''in" the ground This
dew in dry ground is much
more beneficial than were it deposited
above ground. Soil rendered warm
and permeable invites the roots of
plants to a greater depth. These
Roots are row placed beyond the con-
troI OF the weather. Well-drained
ground may be likencd to a sponge,
both able to keep water and to absorb
it from the level of the drains when /
ever needed in y dry season. | have
no doubt every one knows something E,
Of this action, which is beautifully il a
lustrated when water is supplied to
house plants by placing it in the |
'aucers which underie the pots Bar |
'en, dry hill-sides have been brought $
o high degree of fertility by under c
Training, accompanied by manuring. II
The low of water. instead of being a
over the ground, is thus caused to
70 through it, and thus the valuable h
ertility is not carried away. The n
wanting Observation-Disclosures in such d.
ases been secured by placing the IL
rains laterally The drains empty If in
esired, into an open ditch, which may 81
G stocked with trout This state of ty
nings must not be expected to work pl
lost admirably the first year. as it al
tkcs some time fer the ground to be- to
ome sponge-like The alternate wet ii,
ne and drying of the soil will open tn
lbtelrancan channels in which water W;
ay find its way to the drains. This pr
etwork Of subterraneau channels, or be
'onge formation. takes time for for it
alton. an
In concluding, let me mention few ha
ivsntases to be reaped from well co
aimed band: time. ease in working, rs
'ility TO stand the treading Of AMI fol
ais. ease Of hauling, freedom from to
g Effects of drought and heaving, res
'iliry to grow larger and better crops. be.
ldici5us and careful drainage is like it
Itt'ng money in bank that pays ma
m twenty-five per cent TO one hun
cd per cent. Jshn h, ParmiU. in hu
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