Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-01-29

tlA3-8AAl3<A4 GAY A14A&
+ uas a. eMsy matfsr to couxinen
farmers fhat theiF swamp lard ske1zd
- arai1ed. and kh4k ding VS. tAe besl
Eaekhod d doing TIE WoEk, bzf Is rs
Been 3 of3cnlt task 70 nunEincs tAezn
tAet fiies laid Tires o. four feet deep
we're more eHectnnf than wha1 lid at
hall thai depth. Bus zIuwzT he de-
kEine Of Large tile laid desp . gaining
ne cenbdenca al fmxnsxa. They ylel6
% the logic a results and cars buf
little why Is 10 50. Bat few practical
farmers Rrs a. jet cunTineed thnk . =
good eeonomy % spend money u
drzining elay uplsad which haa N
e1nataon enough - secure surface
orAinaEe. The TINE i IN tie EeTy nzzx
future When farmers VII Be eouTfnced
~ Their own observation that Gay
subsol WI hold water enough g sAt1-
rate the sod % within . few knehea q
TIE surface. even when tie gTound Is
quite undulating. such safurAkion,
even though Il may Be below The dspsh
reached by the pi0w. viii keep tha s0il
season In ordinary eiAv soils = gain
Of Two or three seeks in The q gsh a
% crop season may BE- accomplished
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The elect Of tile drminnRe In times az
drDnfh has haen warmly discussed On
both aides for several years without
any very satisfactory results. The
theoretical solution appears plain, bat
the reports from the helds frequently
are g variance not only vi b the the
cry. but often with one another. A Il
careful examination and eomparnss- Of
these conflicting statements vii prob
ably harmonic them
Everybody has observed that on . I
summer evening, when the air comes
IN contact with the rapidly cooling
grass and leaves Of growing vegetation, /
g begins TO deposit moisture on then,
and thAs increases IS the night adj
vances and vegetation cools down sfiil
more, till by morning large amount !
OF water has been precipilated By
this We learn that the air At q certain /
temperature is able 70 old q given
amount Of water, but Il the tempern-
ture be reduced il viii hold less, and 1
the surplus water viii be precipitated. /
II the air that enters . drain tie and /
IS distributed through the porous earth
along its course Il reduced 20 q Iower
BY contact with = sol
cooler than the air, Il viii deposit
moisture in the soil. A Tile laid three
or four feet deep VIII keep the ground
moist Ia It's vicinity as long a. the air
contalns moisture enough 70 make .
dew point at . reasonable Temperature,
but shallow drain viii give no favor
able results ia dr0uth. The last sum.
meT gave ample opportunity 70 demon
strate this fact.
WHERE IRRIakTros IL EAGFossHHLK,
The best available safeguard in d-outh
s deep thing. Something. however,
depends on the character Of the soil.
Porous bodies, IS q rule, are poor con-
ductors Of heat. A loose, porous sol,
with the same exposure, VIII not be
heated TO the same depth that CON-
pact clay viii be. In = severe drouth,
uncultiyated ground will show no sign /
Of moisture at q depth Of two feet,
while In well cultivated c0rn6eld the
plOW viii bring up moist earth. Pro-
gressive agriculture has removed the
ponds and marshes from the
farm by tile drainage, and has convert
ed the proYerbial ague seats OF Indiana
into 3 most sAlubriOus climate. The
Hoosier. by tilling his lawn aud barn
yard, ha greatly improved his home
both in convenience and comfort. Tile
drainage has arrested the flow Of sur
face water which every thunder shower
Of summer sent, loaded with the rich
est portions OF the soil, to the ocean,
never 70 return. Its mission Is only
just begun. Ii will yel improve our
water supply; it viii teach US to make
better roads at less cost il will minis
ter TO the prosperity and happiness Of
our own rural population in ways un-
thought At now.