Practical Results of Draining.
■■'::■ tX ':-'" '."■^.-. .:• '-!-''■■ ;•■■■■ -j Mr G- D. F. Macclonald, O.E.,— a Scotch j drainage engineer of great experience in his! "own and other 'cduntries—^found his landjto i . yield much heavier crops per acre after drain- \ ing than it did bofore. " : -' : [ y: Z b;^ i y A^rDjalniDg j Whett^i ; WJieaVSB bushels j .~ Barley, iti' |, Barley, 58 „ ! .- ■.■Qat^.lßUO.C.yu inh m&J6Z - Gra»,l2oßtonee ' Grass, 340 at en ?9. Hechifor many years obtained no less satis- \ factory iesultß, and contencled that draining ! fithe rery corner-stone of rational farming. <
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Southland Times, Issue 4701, 1 August 1883, Page 4
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