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Drainage: lis Relation ta Crop Groivin
Article Nb. 46 on Farm 'Facta Every.BSEould Know'V
' By S. IL McCrory. United States) Department of Agriculture
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ITH the rapid increase in pop- whole crop, while ; this year; jdespite
ulation in the Southern states the: heavy Jday rains;vhe suffered no
and the increased demandsV damage, , concluding iwith the state-
from Northern "states for .vSoutfiernment:vMIave'what Jsconsidered'tq.
farm products,"." the necessity for be he finest potato crop in the coun
greater productions becomes appar ty." Before planting this year he had
ent. r In,, recent years. -the more installed tile drains. V'.V
general- ?application fv dWersifiedA North Carolina farme who had
farming i and of abetter , cultural 5 three acres of swamp in hisfarm tiled
methddshas dorve much to I increase at a cost of $24.3&: This is his re
crop production. There are many sec- turn on Investments "Land ' J was
tfons; however where little, attention -worthless before tiling, now, since I
is given to diversified farming o.; have it tiled, it is worth $50 per acre."
better cultivation of the soiLIa these 'From another North' Carolina farmer
sections, the farmer's idea of increas- ' comes thitatement:? "About eight
ing yields is to increase ::.theramdunt: .years -ago 1 bought a farm at $55 per
ot tertinzer. dui commercial icru-: acre two acres-under water, average
lizers- are .always expensive, 'and, at depth' of 6 inches, and 'about four
best, give oniy lempurary cuwis. acres so. sobbed ttta,t it was useless.
most ot tne aoutnern iarms. inere, is was told thatit could not-be-drained,
anotner avenue oyqu iu mwc5u as iana Detween swamp and stream
production , which, comparatively was several feet higher. required a
speaking, is seldom used, namely, the, . ditch U i eet deep in places arid about
use of tile drains; r 400, yards Jpngr I placed "eight-inch
Drainage Puti the Idle Acret to- Work seer pipe in tnis main ditch; which
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:u ' ' u - - couia,omy, De iwo ana a nan leet
( F almum every larm mere are, below the land surface in the' swamp.
low areas lying along small streams I laid four inch tile,as I thought it
or depressions which are cultivated; required. This drained land is-the
"only ' during the -driest years, but best' I now haveltAm hatitr mrn
which could-be .profitably-cultivated now more thau 7? bushels to arrp.
every year if they "were tile drained. Withourfertilizerr 'Refused $300 per
Of rnnrf vtriprarp snnifl - areas. rt t,.. . -."...t" 11.
v - ww. Hv " - - j uli l.- . liuii 1 -1 ri A 1 1 iiiiw 111111 ir wa rnp
which, because ot trie distance tney .cost of this work, but it certainly was
are removed from an adequate outlet, a splendid investment.'!' : - :
. t. r 1. i r -i.M:i t -: . .. .
or.uecause ui wck ui,icrumy uj &uu, ,. A farniAt. ; f
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Ihere are two principal reasons the. tile ner acre hai varied frnm m
why tiling is not practiced more in the, t0 $25. With truck crops it has fully
uuuiuji vnuvi mv. paia ior its cosi in one year. 5 -iue
realize the purpose of and benefits to helps in a dry season. While we'have
be derived from -tile' drainaere; or. ffi iA i-;0cf i
out rainfall, lin the' history of the
county, I ;have tiled land " that; will
yield 50 bushels of corn to the acre."
From a -.farmer, in anctther county
irAQD xra inn Ha
from 40 : to 50 bushels ' of corn on
bottom land that heretofore a team
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he is alarmed by the first cost and
does not have, the necessary capital.
If it can be demonstrated that the
use of tile is a sound and profitable
investment, .then both these objec
tion 'should be overcome. What the
farmer must look at is not the first
cost, but what return will be obtained , could not walk over."
irom .. this cost, ; VVhat the man - to:-5";:; 1 & :i.
whom the farmer must go for capital ',Iortant ".m to Con,lde,p
wishes t6 know is whether his money "DROM all-over the South similar re-
will be safe, aYid if so, whether. the use ; JL ports come, but without recitinj?
to which . it is to be put will permit . more, you may judge from the experi-
the farmer to pay, promptly the inter- ence of others whether you can afford
est and.finally the principal. : In other to delay much longer tile draining the
words, the farmer wants a sound busi-. low, wet spots on your farm. Not only
ness proposition; the .banker? a- sound :are lbw wet : places rendered produc
investment. ' " " - tive by tile drainage, but much of the
No argument can be. presented high land, "composed of a heavy,' dense
which is auite so convincing as thatv soil, would be materially improved.
mad hv rpsntts inhtmeA hv farmers v v And now for a few factors which
who have used tile,"'an.d, therefore, XI must be earefullyr considered when
shall present extracts of letter re- ou, undertake tile drainage. '
ceived from those who have installed l; Undertake it solely as a business;
iuc uiaixia,,; r c - r - proposiiion, anu.uo ii in a Dullness
TKea Men Found That Drainaire Pava like manner. ; ' v
L,,r; . Af 4 ; 2. Study your soil; .learn its drain-
F'RflM nnp farmer in Alanama romps .' . . 7- - . .
f"T t . ; wr age properties ana agricultural vaiue.
word that no crop failures occurred , 3. Ascertain whether ydu can.se
since the installation .of tile - three cure a goo;d outlet, within a reasonable
years ago. 4 After the severe storms of : distance of the tract to be drained. By
July last, another farmer reports that ' g0od outlet" is meant one which, will
wnue on nis unarainea iana ine.waier te open not only during dry seasons,-
was standing to the surf ace, the corn but one whkh will permit the free
was dying and the ground was so soft discharge of the tile -when: the-rains
that it would . not bear the weight of a ,p0ur and high water comei. A good
man,-on nis tnea iana, tne crops were outlet is a' highly important factor in
unanectea ana tne iana so wen drain-.' determining both the success and the
.at iv wyuiu ui me weight vi ah ; ine oi useiuiness 01 tne arains.- -
automobile. From a florist in south 4. Secure a competenYengineer who
Alabama comes information that the ; ig familiar, with drainage practiceto
installation last: spring of 3,000 feet - design' the most -economical system;
of tile on a small , tract which ,was Isually. several systems can be de-;
planted to carnations, saved $1,600., A signed, but what the farmer wants is
South Carolina farmer writes- that the- system which will give the great
from a.tract of land which was worth- est' return on his investment: . .
less before drainage he will make, at " 5. ..Secure ood grade of tile. -" v
least three-fourths" of a bale of, cotton $, Competent supervision - during
per acrev. while from the . land till onstructfon is . essential, for" unless
remaining untiled, he! will not secure ;tile are laid properly the system can
a bale from ten adres.. He concludes : ; be expected to work proferly.
1 consider I have made enough on 7. After ' construction, 'inspect tho
????r'0 P?' for drain- system' regularly, 'especially - outlets,
,agA ' -' .- '' ' ,,-""- ! - jand make "repairs promptly.
A Virginia farmer intone, of ther- Compared with what remains to be
great potato counties, reports- that v done. cOmoarativelv; little - tile drain
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