An Account of the Mode of Draining Land: According to the System Practised by Mr. Joseph Elkington |
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acre ascertain attention auger holes bank Board of Agriculture boggy bogs boring bottom brick carry Carse of Gowrie cattle cause clay convey counties counties of England covered drains crop cross drain cutting the drain declivity deep depth descent digging direction ditches drainage draining land earth easily effect Elkington equally Essex expence farmer feet field filled flow formed furrows gravel higher ground hill hollow drains impervious improvement inches inclosures injure laid Leicestershire lime lower main drain main spring manner manure marl means method mode of draining moisture moss nature necessary open drains outlet peat plough porous practice prevent produce proper purpose quantity of water quarries render require ridges river rock rods sand SECT sheep situation sough spade Staffordshire stones strata stratum straw substratum sufficient surface tillage tion trench turf upper side upper soil Warwickshire waste lands water stagnates water-meadow wet ground yards