One man at the engine and two at the hose in the distant field perform the whole operation.

The chapped and "baky" surface of the farm is thus softened and enriched at will, and rendered productive.
Now, this operation seems to constitute the present distinctive speciality of Alderman Mechi's Tiptree Farm.

Will it pay?
ask a thousand voices.

In how many years will he get his money back?
Give us the balance sheet of the experiment.

A New Englander, favorably impressed with the process, would be likely to answer these questions by another, and ask, will _drainage_ pay?
Not in one year, assuredly, nor in five; not in ten, perhaps.