The aegis & intelligencer., 1898-03-11
Proceedings OF the Deer Creek Farm.
erS' Climb,
rYpERpRAINAGE DISCUSSED.

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from several ,vnu-knoyr autboritios on the
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tba wi, ,horou1rhlI, NJ HI, aorsiaarod
If too costI,. cun4ort,l,o
Mr. ! IIar,o, Raj ,yeed with tbo o,,+boritias
cited He thongbt the deonnr ,be ditches the
b,.tt,.r ,vo,Il no tho resrIts Ha uonId cnt Off
rh, water b, r,,rpipr If arorpd rho foot of tho
hill u.b,d ,rw,vs used stone witbout trunk-
ipg
Mr. George 7 Ffnnov thougbt If host to go
as deem os nossible in order tn got a GOOD fail
He bod always used stone.
Mr. B. +. Hanwav has found it a difficult
-notter TO rer a good fall with bitches over two
and = half feet deem. He had drained one and
a Quarter ocres of swompv ground at one time
nv usiug three white oak noIes in the hottom
OF the ditch. with stones ON ton. broken fine
IL cost him about one hundred dollars He
plowed il and mt the ground in tomatoes. and
the first two crops paid the entire cost of drain
age. He had also used tiliug to n limited ex-
tent. with small stones on top, and found good
results
Mr.. James Lee had never used tile. About
five Years ago he had ditched an acre, using
stones. He dug the ditch three feet deep, and
if is still doing good work
MIR. lOSpDh Rnl had had very lif tie Ynpripnrn
in dftching. He didn't think that the price of
land would Justify the expense.
MIR. Harris Archer Thought ditchinr maid
well. The drained ground was ALWAYS rich. He
had known ono cror raised op sucb ground TN
pay the entire cost of Improvement.
Mr. Robert Hanna had had but little expe
rience He considered ditching very expen-
sive. He had tried it IN n small WAY. using
Mr. f Webster had bod no nersonaI eY.
perience in this line His father had tried al
Inost every. metbod nno, bis form, Where ba
had used board trunks about thirty years ago,
the bitches are now closed in and are practical
Iy useless.
Mr.. Wm. Oldfield had done a great amount of
ditching during his life. He had used stones
but found that they would clog. He consider
ed thing the best method. Had put them in
forty wears aRo, and the ground is still thor
ougblv drv and the bitches doing good work.
Underdraining is very extensive, but is necessa-
ry in some places. Ground with surface springs
is always the hardest 70 drain. Land which
contains omen eoiI or ro+to, rocl, sborId he
ditcbed deen IIo r,orors tho borso shoe +le
with q gate ,,t thc end to keen ont crawfish SC
He had never calculated the cost per acre.
When he found ditchinr necessary he only stop
ned long enough to find ont whether he had
money ano,,,,b to nay. for II and ,ben want
,b.,i
Mr. Tobr Noores beliored in ditcbipg He
oopsidorod +hot II r,oiI ,s u,olI nc opv worl, op
tho r,r,r uoco,,Id not ,r,t ,,,or t,ro foot drain
~, bfs r,I,oa 10 ,,so1 s+c,a ,ritt +r,,rl and
small stones on ron Hab,d bitches which had
been used for sixty wears. Had dug wells and
,,s,,, tiI, ,,I+ ,,sd +bor, bo would
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Mr. Tocnor,, thou,,br that if tbara WAS q we
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,,ool,o+ dr.i,,,r tbo+ i diorinIr wells in wet
nIsces- and tiIin,, in Ipitb stones. gattino good
r.s,Its from, sucI ,yorl.
Mr. Harry silver had done some ditcbinp with
stones and found that itnaid Iftbere ore wet
spots in cultivated ground they had better he
dr,i,ed would nor expecr 81 money return