Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 350
ce, would bring the parts of the field under cultiva-tion that otherwise would be waste; but gradually the farmers learned thatthere were other valuable effects from drainage, and that most heavy claylands would be benefited by it sufficiently to justify the expense. The fol-lowing incidental… … 326 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY the soil and makes it possible to work and plant it earlier in the spring;fifth, it prevents washing and waste of manure; sixth, it often preventsfailure of crops in excessively wet seasons, and enables them to endure droughtbetter in dry seasons.…
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