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D raining for Profit, and Draining for Health" by George E. Waring is a comprehensive agricultural guide written in the late 19th century. This work primarily addresses the principles and practices of land drainage, emphasizing the necessity of thorough and effective drainage systems for both agricultural productivity and public health. The book serves as a technical manual aimed at farmers and landowners looking to improve their crop yields and mitigate health hazards associated with poorly drained land. The opening portion sets the stage forWaring's arguments by illustrating the visible signs of waterlogged land, such as standing water and wilting plants. He discusses the importance of understanding the conditions that necessitate drainage, outlining how water can become stagnant in the soil and hinder plant growth. The section also introduces the concept of a well-planned drainage system, detailing how drains can effectively manage excess water to promote healthier soil and improve agricultural output. This foundational knowledge prepares readers for the more practical applications and technical specifications that follow in the subsequent chapters.
L and which requires draining hangs out a sign of its condition, more or less clear, according to its circumstances, but always unmistakable to the practiced eye. Sometimes it is the broad banner of standing water, or dark, wet streaks in plowed land, when all should be dry and of even color; sometimes only a fluttering rag of distress in curling corn, or wide-cracking clay, or feeble, spindling, shivering grain, which has survived a precarious winter, on the ice-stilts that have stretched its crown above a wet soil; sometimes the quarantine flag of rank growth and dank miasmatic fogs. To recognize these indications is the first office of the drainer; the second, to remove the causes from which they arise. If a rule could be adopted which would cover the varied circumstances of different soils, it would be somewhat as follows: All lands, of whatever texture or kind, in which the spaces between the particles of soil are filled with
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