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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 81, Issue 4, 16 October 1950, Page 301

“The Draining of Farm Lands”: A. W. Hudson and H. E. Hopewell THE authors of “The Draining of Farm Lands,” A. W. Hudson, Head of the Soils and Husbandry Department, and H. E. Hopewell, Lecturer in Soils, Massey Agricultural College, have prepared a very complete text on the principles and practice of thorough land drainage. Of particular importance are the sections dealing with surveying and levelling, mole ploughs, and ditching and tilelaying machinery. The use of machinery should now replace hand work in thorough land drainage on farms, and machines can function properly only on the basis of carefully predetermined grades. This book gives a thoroughly practical approach to the work of planning drainage systems, taking levels, laying tile drains, and drawing mole drains. It should be of great value to farmers, agricultural contractors, and farm extension workers. —P.W.S. Massey Agricultural College, Palmerston North. 10s. 6d. (paper cover); 16s. (linen cover).