This book explains the basics of "tile irrigation" a system widely used at the time on the east coast but only beginning to be used in the west. These methods are still in use today.

Originally published in 1888 this book gives the basic idea of Why, When and How to use this type of drainage.

As we face drought due to climate change and more and more people turn to small scale farming, these concepts added to modern techniques offer DIY homesteaders a way to exist.