The Grenada gazette., 1888-02-11
FARM EXPERIENCE
4 Fow Remarks Concerning Water Pipes
and Special MAnuress

a Fow Remarks Concerning Water Plpel
and Special Manures.
Some sixty years or more ago. thu
then owner Of the subscribers farm
laid train Of logs three-fourths Of ,
mile. from alargo spring. to his house
These logs are six.inch average Diane
ter. and two-inch bore. In the Ars,
forty rods there Is = descent Of aboul
ten feet then . rise Of four feet; an
other gradual descent, then for the last
twenty-five rods an upgrade to within
one foot Of the height Of spring.
These logs lay either In running water
or heavy clay. and most Of them are
IN as good condition as when first laid.
Sand accumulates In the two lowest
points. and here are plugs by which
the logs are readily rinsed out Tht
air does not accumulate at the hig hes
points. as the Joints prevent this
Roots from willows now and then
force a small fiber through the joints,
and then expand till the growth fills
the bore and retards the fow of the
water.
A friend whose house and barns are
supplied with water from spring
some one hundred rods away, with
fifty feet head. at first had trouble;
water would stop running. Atrecom-
mendation Of an expert, he dug down
TO his pipe at a point where it crossed
= slight levation. bored a hole the
size Of pin. through the pipe, which
let out the air that had accumulated.
and loft hole open; since which his
fountain plays regularly.
1t depends somewhat upon the soil
and situation. whether pipes of lead.
iron or wood. should be used. In .
gravely or sandy soil wooden pipes
last but few years. l had All oc-
casion last year to examine some Of my
logs that had not been uncovered since
first laid. and found them as sound as
the day they were cut in the forest,
and they delivered at barn and house
nearly two inches of water.
Some six years ago a small farm.
near the writer. came into market. IT
had been let and mismanaged for some
ten years; fenced into small lots, with
briars, ETC.. in every corner Every
fence was torn down. bushes grubbed
up. big stones sunk. fences straight
ened, plowed and sown with wheat
and superphosphatcs of a well-known
brand (by the way. l recently saw a
train load Of coal dust in process Of
elevation to the fourth story Of a
phosphate factory is dust Of soft
coal commonly used rs fcrtilizer'>,
at the rate Of 80 pounds to the acre.
Result, on land that previous occupant
failed to raise buckwheat upon. twenty
one bushels to the acre. and good
catch of clover which next season was
cut for hay. and second crop full Of
seed, turned under; sown succeeding
spring to barley, without phosphate;
crop sixteen bushels to the acre;
plowed once more and sown with
wheat and 200 pounds Of phosphate to
The acre; crop twenty-eight bushels TO
he acre. Got fine catch of clover
md timothy which yielded three tons
If hay 10 the acre next cutting. We
got fair 10 good crop from use of the
commercial fertilizers, but little profit;
or all the work was done BY hired
lelp, l was enabled to keep All accu-
ate account Of cost Of first crop Of
wheat. Taxes. labor, interest on
money paid for land. seed. threshing,
etc. costing exactly one
olIar per bushcl. and sold at 81 40;
here was little profit. Soil a gravcly
pam. Upon heavy clay or clay loans
etter results are commonly seen than
pom lighter soils. Indeed. on quite
ght. sandy soil have seen super.
hosphatcs used through the middle of
field without the slightest trace OF
Improvement in the crop.-Cor
oun.ry Gentleman