The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-03-24
RESOURCES or CECIL COUNTY.
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would make! Grow enough Of that vege-
table to supply Baltimore, Philadelphia
and other large cities, and would be COM
petitor to the Kalamazoo celery. The
market facilities of boat and rail to those
| places are on hand now.
Then the water power Of the tide could
in many instances be used to help lift the
drainage over the dikes. l know OF one
place along the North East river where the
placing OF an understood waterwhsel would
pump up enough tc water large farm il a
reservoir were TO be placed on the higher
| ground-the tide comes in at point on
the flow and returns on the ebb which
would keep said wheel in motion nearly all
the time, day and night, 20 hours out Of
the "a.
The waters Of these large rivers or estu
aries of the Chesapeake bay, as they shouid
| be termed, are fresh, not even brackish at
the southern part CT tbs county, hence
their value for Toe watering of farm crops
would be greater than il salt.
With tidewater power, windmill, power
| By gravity from the higher grounds over
which the creeks, rivulets or whatever
name the stream may be known the amount
Of power developed to raise water 20 such
| points would be so great that one-fourth CT
the lands OF the county could be easily
irrigated.
In irrigatng land water would be 2ink-
ing into the soil so that the water might
become an injury instead o. benefit, 30
as to avoid such disaster we would require
the process of getting rid of the surplus
water by undertaking.
There is no operation Oh the farm OF
more value than understanding the soil by
digging bitches 10 the depth Of say six feet,
putting in tile, poles, stones, gravel, sand
or aDy other porous substance or ali of
them as suits the circumstances Of the stu
| at0n. This operation Or understanding
will double tile value OF the land and IL
many instances viii quadrup!e the cropa.
There is hardly farm in the county hut
some attempt has been made in under
draining. The neaus at hand in most
cases have been used. The best example
Of thorough undertakings in the United
States is that OF Central Park, New York
City, which was done with tile.
OF the many ways by which She a. jsct
could bs accom- 7lished the most success
full is by deep ditching from four 10 six
feet. The hydrostatic pressure is so much
greater that the drains are seldom clogged
up by silt, roots or other substances, than
with shallow drains of TWO or three feet in
depth.
The practice throughout this region has
been with inch boards placed like an
inverted V Ca at the bottom OF the drain
or ditch then filling small stones and larger
ones over the boards below the reach Of the
pillow, then fill it up with dirt; Others take
poles three to four inches thick and six or
eight feet long, lay flat stones over, then
put on small stones and larger ones as with
the boards. Another practice is to use
stones on tine sides instead of poles, but
most persons prefer tile made for the pur-
pose, placing straw, leaves, sod, etc., to
prevent dirt from getting into the tile.
In this county, say south of the B. & O..
railroad, nearly all the sand found in the
soil is of the round or pebble class; that is,
the corners Of the sand have been worn off
by the attrition caused by rolling, as with
pebbles found in running streams. This
condition OF the sand when little water
passing into the drains this sand deposits
and forms a stoppege and is known under
the name Of silt.
To prevent the silt from entering the tile
some put strips of phosphate bags, say
three inches wide, long enough to reach
aronnd the outside OF the tile and if nc
broken tile be used it ought to be effective.
1t is we'll sometimes to give few hints
aud with one more device to pass the water
from the land l will close. Sometimes the
soil may be heavy and stop the passage o!
water but if passed a certain poins it can
have free flow by using more porous
material as sand in bulk to fill the whole
ditch at the point Of the obstruction, but
this Of course is not as good, as a free pas
sage, as the other ways mentioned.
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