Excerpt from Examinations for the Drainage of Lands It is not the province of this report to enter into the question of the desirability or value of drainage, as this is in ever case a matter of estimate and opinion, while land values, either rec aimed or unreclaimed, are Seldom alike in two localities. It may be broadly stated, however, that aside from the reclaimed swamp land near cities, the value of which can not be computed, it is well known, as stated by Professor Shaler, that for farming purposes reclaimed swamps furnish by far a greater store of available plant food than any other class of land. 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.