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Nature, Gardens & Animals
Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health
George Edwin Waring
285 pages~5 hr 41 min read21 chapters$4.99
Wet land wastes a farm and breeds disease; drain it well and both improve. Waring explains how to lay out and build a system of drains, what it costs, and how draining benefits crops and health alike. Clear, practical instruction from a pioneering sanitary engineer. Turn soggy ground into productive, healthy soil.
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21 chapters
- 1Illustrations
- 2Contents
- 3CHAPTER I. - LAND TO BE DRAINED AND THE REASONS WHY.
- 4CHAPTER II. - HOW DRAINS ACT, AND HOW THEY AFFECT THE SOIL
- 5CHAPTER III. - HOW TO GO TO WORK TO LAY OUT A SYSTEM OF DRAINS.
- 6CHAPTER IV. - HOW TO MAKE THE DRAINS.
- 7CHAPTER V. - HOW TO TAKE CARE OF DRAINS AND DRAINED LAND.
- 8CHAPTER VI. - WHAT DRAINING COSTS.
- 9CHAPTER VII. - "WILL IT PAY?"
- 10CHAPTER VIII. - HOW TO MAKE DRAINING TILES.
- 11CHAPTER IX. - THE RECLAIMING OF SALT MARSHES.
- 12CHAPTER X. - MALARIAL DISEASES.
- 13CHAPTER XI. - HOUSE DRAINAGE AND TOWN SEWERAGE IN THEIR RELATIONS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
- 14INDEX
- 15DRAINING ENGINEERING.
- 16THE SMALL FRUIT CULTURIST.
- 17THE GRAPE CULTURIST
- 18AMERICAN POMOLOGY
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