  CHAPTER II. HISTORY OF THE ART OF DRAINING. CHAPTER III RAIN, EVAPORATION, AND FILTRATION. CHAPTER IV DRAINAGE OF HIGH LANDS WHAT LANDS REQUIRE DRAINAGE. CHAPTER V VARIOUS METHODS OF DRAINAGE. CHAPTER VI DRAINAGE WITH TILES. CHAPTER VII DIRECTION, DISTANCE, AND DEPTH OF DRAINS. CHAPTER VIII ARRANGEMENT OF DRAINS. CHAPTER IX THE COST OF TILES TILE MACHINES. CHAPTER X THE COST OF DRAINAGE. CHAPTER XI DRAINING IMPLEMENTS. CHAPTER XII PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR OPENING DRAINS AND LAYING TILES. CHAPTER XIII EFFECTS OF DRAINAGE UPON THE CONDITION OF THE SOIL. CHAPTER XIV DRAINAGE ADAPTS THE SOIL TO GERMINATION AND VEGETATION. CHAPTER XV TEMPERATURE AS AFFECTED BY DRAINAGE. CHAPTER XVI. POWER OF SOILS TO ABSORB AND RETAIN MOISTURE. CHAPTER XVII INJURY OF LAND BY DRAINAGE. CHAPTER XVIII OBSTRUCTION OF DRAINS. CHAPTER XIX DRAINAGE OF STIFF CLAYS. CHAPTER XX EFFECT OF DRAINAGE ON STREAMS AND RIVERS. CHAPTER XXI LEGISLATION DRAINAGE COMPANIES. CHAPTER XXII DRAINAGE OF CELLARS. CHAPTER XXIII DRAINAGE OF SWAMPS. CHAPTER XXIV AMERICAN EXPERIMENTS IN DRAINAGE DRAINAGE IN IRELAND. Transcriber's Note: FARM DRAINAGE.THE AND MORE THAN 100 ILLUSTRATIONS. BY "Read, not to contradict and to confute, nor to believe and take for granted, but to weigh and consider."—Bacon. "The first Farmer was the first man, and all nobility rests on the possession and use of land."—Emerson. NEW YORK: Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, to The Author. |
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