The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-02
AL<s.~. Frsan Recent Rains.


 sz1~h freruent intervals as greatly to selny the preparation of the land and fn recent weeks the planting of the sss'r-ST corr Sros seve1a M mans 9ans control. but it Sexres the interval between the cessa- siaa of 'hs rain and sae ,e eliae a Inen rSss fd f-s~rvaI can De greatly shortened by proser drainage q stif land
 wnle il is too Late for adainona. a~1fnaxe to be put in this year. we can Dnw. whIls face to face with tnis necessity afford 10 spend a Mt1le wnlle in ularS for drainage another winter. .,s sns TIsrhss on the farm may well be -enSs4s-ed In the light of the recent strain that has been put upon tnem- Do they dry the .an4 soon 1hs1 sn11 wsss and deeren- Do they tend to nlf IT m anv cs these respects their work mas seea nnsssfsfaesery thsre IS aesa 1os nos some change and usually Tor enanss in the location and grade
 While recognizing that tile drainage Es too costly for use on extensive areaS areas sr-as e almost every farm where the laying af a few lines Of tlIe or other kfn< 9f Enderdrain would he pracu- ssrssehfax up and down a considerable hSI1 En one of the fields on the experi- uss@nt station farm is narrow strip sf sespy land that rsmain 100 ws. iSs tSa r0rrians oT the field on either side ot is are ready for planter of cuIttvator. sash a sesPy spot we snan . ssS aaxe ,his o r-onsznle. although the general Character of the soil Is of a kind that Is usually considered as needing 10 rSnw in an uuderirain in this case vii! consist not only in the increased prossucriviry of the drained strip but tn the saving in the turning Of the Ssams f1 me earlier planting of the entire n~Ea more striking situation that enpha<ixes the necessity or drainass efrer occurs in Seepy spots interseetins x fertile pfeee ef bottom land. where ewsm a few rocks Of uuderdrainage woula greatly facilitate the cultivation of the entire tract
 LzmbeF made into small pox aralns aI has ln the past done good service m he hatfn.a of undeFdrafns- put the rpnkfnuzI rise in the price or iuhoef ana the EEzzEs1ssd scarcity in tae sup r1w aS uoIes on the farm tend to dis s-sura<s reliance on these materials; 10 me uSe of rock or stones in an unuer- drain Is the objection that the dltcn for Ssens$. as well as for pole drain' unuSt he made larger than Tor tlle-
 S7-ee the price of tile brought many hundred miles is high it would seem
 asEhIe for several men neeolns m tug s sE&xrgAte a considerable amount ot @sYs N ee-gperzte in the purchase of swnsI NSls machine and kiln It should ever hss hzxne in mind that any eXpeh- asfwr@ made for tile drainage is perIld n@mf in character. As means oI s-NeapTnTuz the cost of tile. the experl- w~rf station al Auburn has when tne rr@xszFre of other work permltteu. s-aS~ some experiments with varlous -,Fxrures of sand and cement; our w@-k h2s gone far enough 10 sFsor nat the proportion of cement can ks r~duced quite low and the cost TOT sz-nssrFagS reduced to less than nalI tne --ssxf 1f uzrehAsed clay tiles howeFSF, we nave not yet had time to make shs=s tiles in sufficient number to 5~Sermfne the cost of labor To many farr1er the lGhox cost would pc m zs~nffrant hscaue of the fact that thls w@-k Of making tile can De done dur srw rMfry weather by laborers Who arSsrwise would be unemployed
 ExnseIzIlv should recent weather ..ordftfonS bring the farmers or tnS rr1irfs region face to face with the sses@r inSsIfhcerCy of even the most ap, --aved methods of draining prairie land na1sznee upon very shallow open SSe~6e~ whieh are often practically @@reIW a series of levees. can never m rAs. wrsEer's opinion bring these lands s1 mnvehing near their proper -~~.sw~ffwNness. Some method of deep <rsr1fnaxe will become necessity or Snereasing importance for these lands.