The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-08-26

The Club then tool up the subject dtchima,
| the host, Mr.. Harlan, stated that dn Il
| sixty acre sod field which he will break NEXT
| season, after over twent y-tivc wears %! r,~t,
he had recently ditchcd with tile about three
arreS at Il cost nf somrt hing less than 5000;
| thai while this; represented more thai! :hr
value of the land in its general ll..L 81: .hc
whole field and caac OF till:se and prevention
OF having the same spread Iurthcr he hcli,v.I
| thar the money was wisely rApruir,l. th.tt
| he had used thTcc-inch lille at cost 81 $50
| per thousand and they wrr.. Laid w., ami
a halI feet deep at cost OF >i>tS cents psf
rod; THAI To prevent tho admission of silt lie
had wrapped each Joint with building I,nIrr.
and in all CAGES had been sure of It true su!iri
bottom and carefully protected the outlet.
by the Of strong iron pipe; he believes
that the re..ult in the cnI.r~" of years viii Ia
financially profitable.
MIR. w. H. Hopkins had diichrd bottom
land with stones. 1T cost Of 81 per rod ;tnd
raised sixteen barrels OF corn yer Hcr" an the
ground the first wear; he c"nsi',cr" TIN, al
easy method Of getting tid OF stones, hut has
noted that the iitch,, are inclined /" give
WHY under the influence of surface wafer and
i'll some eases mmSkratS seriously imiwrc thr'n.
lie recommends that the ends he carefully
protected against the admission g: vcrurin
Mr.. EiunS has never dtchc,l any ground,
but cxrccts in tho. uc;,. future and believes
it will pay.
MI. CuIIpr, think. Mr. Harlan h.,, made. ::
,yis, outlay and done AN excellent iol,. he
advises than the Ground he rlnwcd drcr he
fnr,. v.ipt,.r Gar ria. ,.rcft ,r tIr srriu ,,,,,
t,v Mr. Allison has never had .xrr,i.r,,.
i'm ,Iit.hi,,,, md d;sIil,.s IN think of Mr..
Harlan breaking, M, the great grass field in
front of his Rxctory.
Mr.Lu,hary docs not believe. that ditcf,ii,.,
DAYS c>cept in sr.,ial Inc,tions and for the
sake of ;,rurarlncrs. if he had wet ground ON
the back of his farm he would trade, il tnr :,
Yellow dog and shoot the dog. II, believes.
however, that il is an excellent way to di>-
nose of sur,,lus ,ronrs and has often imIro\-
ed low GROUND very much by merely digging
ditch and shooting i'll the stones without
placing them
MIR. WySong has had no experience .,ith
tile; he has drained wet ground al time, by
,Irep blowing and finds that wet pockets III
the land can be easily removed by sinking Il
well and filling the same with stone lie
does not believe that extensive ditchin" i
commercials profitable. though if the ground
is well ditchrd the crops in time will! he good.
Mr. Baer recalled that i'll his old home |
near Roanoke. dit chin" WAS generally done |
nv r,lacing in the trench chcSnut nocs. that |
heir work WAS elective and ont @: the reach |
of the air they last for many wears.
Mr. William Einney believes that tile. |
dit chcs ;tr,. best for long drains while stones
answer well for th, shorter ONES EiI.iu., |
: he land j. = rood way to carry of th,. sur- |
face. water Relieves That Mr. u,rl,, b,s |
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