GOLFERS AND MOLE DRAINS.
narrow a slit is made at the surface of the soon it levels itself. Golf secretaries as may be urged to "think mechanically." It is a favourite theory of some of us that the fertility of thousands of acres in England could be increased by a very large percentage if the value of the newer "mole drainers" was properly appreciated. They work at great speed, and therefore cheaply. Recent research into the effects of the mole drain reveal a wholly unexpected feature. The drains, though unlined, may retain their efficiency for very long periods, even a score of years or more. No county agri- cultural organizer could do more fruitful work than to urge the co-operative purchase of a machine ; or, if that might not be, the communal purchase. Farmers are not the only people concerned. A writer on the subject in the journal of the Country Gentlemen's Association suggests that the mole drain has been foolishly neglected by golf secretaries. It is not too much to say that most of the inland golf links and nearly all the Midland links need draining. They could be mole-drained quickly and cheaply without interrupting the play at a single hole for a single day. It is astounding how ground and how well as farmers
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