W.L. Powers
In the present book ‘Land Drainage’ the subject has been developed largely as a matter of applied soil physics. Drainage is considered herein as a means of reclaiming additional areas and making of wet lands more productive. Reclamation of arid and wet lands affords the chief means of increasing our food producing areas and drawing a greater proportion of our population into the rural areas. The whole subject matter has been divided into 24 chapters ...