Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles

CHAPTER IX.

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THE COST OF TILES--TILE MACHINES.

Prices far too high; Albany prices.--Length of Tiles.--Cost in Suffolk Co., England.--Waller's Machine.--Williams' Machine.--Cost of Tiles compared with Bricks.--Mr. Denton's Estimate of Cost.--Other Estimates.--Two-inch Tiles can be Made as Cheaply as Bricks.--Process of Rolling Tiles.--Tile Machines.--Descriptions of Daines'.--Pratt & Bro.'s.