...opportunities for the water rising from below and falling on the surface, to pass freely and completely off.' "4. Direction of the minor drains 'down the steep,'...generally lies in sheets, at an angle to the surface.' "5. A> to material — Stones preferred to tiles and pipes." From 1833 to 1854, several systems of drainage...

...opportunities for the water rising from below and falling on the surface, to pass freely and completely off.' " 4. Direction of the minor drains ' down the steep,'...distance between as well as the depth of the drains. 413 chased tile machines, manufactured tile, and established depots for the sale of them at low rates,...

...opportunities for the water rising from below and falling on the surface, to pass freely and completely off.' "4. Direction of the minor drains 'down the steep,'...lies in sheets, at an angle to the surface.' " 5. At to material — .Stones preferred to tiles and pipes." From 1833 to 1854, several systems of drainage...

...provided for the lesser hollows. " The reason assigned for the minor drains following the line of deepest descent was, that the stratification generally lies...material. — Stones preferred to tiles and pipes.' ' 3. — THE DEEP-DRAINAGE SYSTEM. Mr. Josiah Parkes was the early advocate of deep drainage. As compared...

...opportunities for the water rising from, below and falling on the surface, to pass freely and completely off.' "4. Direction of the minor drains 'down the steep,'...distance between as well as the depth of the drains. The merit of each of these systems will be discussed in the practical portion of this treatise. .Drainage...

...to be erroneous. Drains drawn across asleep, cut the strata or layersof subsoil transversely, and as the stratification generally lies in sheets at an angle to the surface, it will be seen, on reference to fig. 7, that the water passing in or between the strata, immediately...