The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-08

| THE AGRICULTURAL WORLD
THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM IN
DERDRAINING.
| Money Expended in UNDERWRITING
| Will be Returned with interest
Sterilizing Mill<-A Stall Partition
A Good Meat Smoker.
| Undertaking may be mentioned as
one Of tie most beneficial improve
| ments on q farm. Low, level and
swamps and marshes, also rolling land
with streaks or hollows between the
ridges, should be underdrained. Mon
ey expended in ditching such lands Gf
the work be properly done) will be
| speedily repaid with interest.
In ditching, the first thing to look af-
ter Is good outlet, for no matter, how
we'll the rest Of the work be done, ii
|
| ure. -&
When buying tile,t one should first
consider how many branches on his
farm will enter into the main ditch,
then buy tile large enough to carry
all the water as fast as it gets to it.
When planning for UNDERWRITING
farm arrange the main ditch SO as to
take in the lowest hollows and where
| the lay OF the land will take the long
est string of tile. Try and have the
main ditch about three feet deep in the
shallowest places; this will give a good
fall to the branches.
The object in undertaking is to
loosen heavy, soggy soil and to remove
surface water as soon as possible. 10
do this, care should be taken to get the
ditch about the right depth. For
branch drains l think from two to
three feet is the proper depth. In any
ditch the fall should be evenly distrlbu-
] ted throughout it's entire length; it
should not have moro fall than neces-
sary part of the way, and the rest be
ON a level, neither should part of the
tile be full of water and the rest emp
ty.
In case of quicksand in the bottom,
boards should be placed under the tile
to prevent their settling, for it the tile
are not kept even a large percentage
Of their capacity will be lost.
| In making turns, never turn square
but always on circle large enough
that you can use common tile for MAX
ing the turn: for large tile use a larger
circle than for small. Never have a
branch form a right angle with the
main ditch, but let it curve or angle
toward the outlet.
In running ditch to low sag l
think it docs better work to go through
the sag and end in the opposite bank.
Now about the best time to ditch.
will give my way. 1 put in the main
ditch whenever I can best spare time
and when it digs easiest. After this
is done I choose a field of sod nearest
the outlet OF the main ditch, from
which an going to take a succession
of crops, and drain the field in the fall.
ditching it so that the low and high
ground will be ready to work at the
same time in the spring BY doing it
in the fall, the freezing and thawing Of
the winter and spring loosens the soil
and opens the pores through the ground
consequently the ditch is in better
working order and the ground in better
shape for use in the spring than if I
waited until spring before ditching.
Oh the many advantages obtained by
understanding I will mention but q
few.
1. What is more unsightly than wha t
might be q nice field or farm, that is
all cut up with water hoIesy Under
draining removes these
z. While working around a pond of
water one is doing more labor than he
would be if it We're so that he could
work through it; besides he is losing
the use Of what would be the best part
Of the field if it were underdrained
Or again, in wet seasons On low lands
his crops are a total failure where
they would have been good had thu
land been thoroughly undetermined
j. Many times in the spring, or il
wet weather, one has to wait Ions
enough for water to soak away from
UNFRAMED land to have had his crop!
all IN If the land had been drained.
4. On clayey soils that are under
drained, freezing and thawing will no
heave clover or wheat as it will wher,
they are not drained. Il. G. Sayrc, il
Farm, Field, Il Fireside
Ster1lizing Milk
At the request o. The secretary O.
agriculture, the chief of the bureau
of animal industry has furnished tn,
! following simple directions for the ste1
iliZation of milk:
The sterilization of milk tor children,
now quite extensively practiced in or
der to destroy the injurious germ
which it may contain. can be satisfac
torily accomplished with very simple al
paratus. The vessel containing tn
milk, which may be the bottle from
which it is to be used or any other suit
able vessel. is placed inside Of a large