Does anyone really do this to their cooling system?

Here's the excerpt from page 43 of the 1974 Plymouth Duster Owner's Manual. Perhaps I've misunderstood it. It says to "remove the drain plugs in the sides of the cylinder block". I took this to mean the freeze plugs because I can't find any "drain plugs" in the side of the block. So now I'm assuming that they are referring to the single plug that I posted a photo of. I guess what I'm wondering is if you do a better flushing job by using the backflushing tee instead of draining the block like the owner's manual says. To me, it seems like using pressurized water to blow everything out of the cooling jacket is better than simply using gravity to drain coolant out of a hole. Your thoughts?

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You have found the block drain. It is the pipe plug below #5 spark plug.
I think that removing the block drain plug is an effective way to flush the block. The rear of the block can be a dead space where cooling passage debris can collect. It is worth the time to drain the block from there periodically.