THE PRINCIPLES, PROCESSES, AND EFFECTs OF Draining Land, WITH STONES, WOOD, PLOWS, AND OPEN DITCHES, AND ESPECIALLY WITH TILES:

INCLUDING TABLEs OF RAIN-FALL, Evaporation, Filtration, Excavation, Capacity of Pipes; Cost and Number to the Acre of Tiles, etc., etc, AND MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS.

BY HENRY P. FRENCH.

This valuable treatise upon Farm Drainage is now doing more for the improvement of Farms and the reclamation of what has heretofore been considered waste and worthless lands, than perhaps any other book before the public.

Mr. French's system was received with great favor by the agricultural convention at New Haven; and it is now being thoroughly and satisfactorily tested in all parts of the country.

Among the subjects treated in the book are the following:

History of the Art of Draining.

Rain, Evaporation, and Filtration.

Drainage of High Lands.

What Lands require Drainage.

Various Methods of Drainage.

Drainage with Tiles.

Directions, Distance, and Depth of Drains.

Arrangement of Drains.

The Cost of Tiles, Tile Machines.

The Cost of Drainage.

Practical Directions for Opening Drains and Laying Tiles.

Effects of Drainage upon the Condition of the Soil.

Draining Implements.

Drainage Adapts the Boil to Germination and Vegetation.

Temperature as effected by Drainage-Power of Soils to Absorb and Retain Moisture.

Injury of Land by Drainage.

Obstruction of Drains.

Drainage of Stiff Clays.

Effects of Drainage on Streams and Rivers.

Legislation - Draining Companies.

Drainage of Cellars.

Drainage of Swamps.

American Experiments in Drainage.

Drainage in Ireland.

One 12mo volume, 384 pages, with more than 100 illustrations. Price $1 00 Single Copies Stalled, Post-Paid, upon receipt of Price.

PUBLISHED BY C. M. SAXTON, BARKER & CO., Agricultural Book Publishers and Proprietors of the Horticulturist, No. 25 PARK ROW, NEW YORK.

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