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Excerpt from Agricultural Drainage: A Retrospect of Forty Years Experiences Although perhaps no subject connected with agriculture has been more frequently. Discussed of late years than the drainage of land, yet it is quite certain that nothing could tend more to the general benefit of the country than a clear exposition of the experience gained since the passing of the Public Moneys Drainage Act, 1846, during which time so much has been done towards the establishment of principles to guide future operations. I have been connected with drainage sufficiently long to be a witness of the complete overthrow of several Opinions which have prevailed for a time; and I am bound to acknowledge that every day's experience, while strengthening some views and modifying others, is proving to me that I have been as frequently wrong as the rest of my brethren, and that after all the intelligence and outlay that have been brought to bear on the subject, there is yet much to learn ere it can be said that we are perfect in the art of draining. It is plain, therefore, that we ought still to receive with respect opinions based on experience, even though those Opinions may differ from our own. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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