Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Engineering for Land Drainage: A Manual for Laying Out and Constructing Drains for the Improvement of Agricultural Lands
Land drainage in this country has had its principal growth during the last twenty years. Its practice reaches from the simple drainage of a garden costing only a few dollars to that of tracts containing thousands of acres, involving elaborate plans and the expenditure of large sums of money. It includes the drainage of all kinds of lands which require it, either for profit or for health, and hence embraces a wider range Of topics than, upon first thought, seems to be involved.
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