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"N1
IMing Money
On the Farm
I. Drainage
By G. V. GREGORY.
Agricultural Division, Iowa State Gollcgo
Copsrljhi,
1909, by American Press
AitocUtion
w.
IN order to make money on t tic farm
It is first necessary to get the laud
lu slmpc to respond liberally to
the work put upon It. One of the
llrst and most Important steps In get
ting It lu such condition Is to drain It
thoroughly. There itro two Konurttl
types of drains tile drains and open
.lltches.
About the only place where an open
ditch can be used to advantage Is In
draining large hccUodh of the country
where natural drainage is insufllcleut
to carry off the surface water or to
provide an outlet for tile. Such n
ditch Is really an urtlllchil river. Its
large size prevents It from becoming
easily clogged. It should be made
deep enough to provide a good outlet
for tile systems from the farms trib
utary to it. The sides should have a
slope of at least oue to one run back
one foot for every foot of rise.
The Use of Tile.
The major portion of the drainage,
however, must be done with tile, lu
starting out to tile a farm It pays to go
at It systematically. lw fanners are
able to tile their whole farms at once,
but by planning the wliole system be
fore any work Is done mid then put
ting lu as many rods as possible each
year the farm will lu the end bo thor
oughly drained at much less expense
than if the work was gone at in a tdt
or miss fashion.
The proposed lines of tile should be
laid off by a good engineer, llo has
the tools and ability to do H properly,
and a little money spent lu this way
will be made up many times over lu
the added elllilency of the system.
The llrst money that Is spent for tile
should be put wheie It will yield the
quickest returns. On almost every
farm there are sloughs and draws that
are too wet to work long after the rest
of the Held Is dry. The loss Is not so
much from the laud that lu taken up
by these sloughs, though that often
amounts to considerable, as to the
trouble and loss of time In working
nroyrnl them. A line of tile can be ruu
up ii :h h place to take out tho wa
ter u::.l laterals put In later to drain
the nirroumllug ground insra ilisr
mighty
Ofie.i after the slough Is drained
Mure will be a strip of corn over the
tile that will be the best in the Held,
while out n little farther the corn will
he small mid yellow. The width of
this strip of corn Is a very good Indi
cation of the distance apart that the
drains should be placed. The ground
over the tile Is wanner nnd drier In
the spring than tho other, und conse
quently the corn gets a better start
Through the summer, when there Is
no water In the tile, air Is (lowing
down through them. This pulls air
down through the soil, making root
growth more rapid and the plants
more vigorous. A deep root system
means a large feeding ground and con
sequently a larger yield. For these
reasons all low. Hat lands should bo
thoroughly underlaid with rows of
I He. even though the surface water
never stands on tliom. A map showing
the esaet location of tho drains should
he kept so that they can be readily
found when It is desired to add later
als to the system
Planning the Drainage System.
In planning a drainage system there
are three especially important consid
erations the depth and size of the
tile aud the distance apart of the
drains. More tile drains are put in too
shallow than too deep. In most soils
four feet is about the right depth In
no. 1 i-itoTEcriNo tili: oimi7r.
hard pa 11 the tile may have to be laid
shallower or the water will never get
to them. Deep tile mean a deep layer
of mellow soil, which acts as a sponge
to hold capillary water for the crops.
The deeper the tile the farther their
fleet u III be felt on cither side
The size of the tile depends upon the
all aud the amount of land to be
drained. The engineer who lays out
the drain will usually be able to corn
pule the bl.e required.
In tlmnting the number of acres to
ho drained h.v n given line of tile nil
the laud fiuiu which surface wntor
llous towaid It should be Included, as
well as all land drained by laterals
which empty Into It.
The depth of the drains nnd the char
acter of the soil are the chlof factors
tint determine the distance ap.irr to
I'ii tin- drains. "J II- f.mr feet deep
oNV"
C V. GREGORY,
Author of "Home Course In Modern
Agriculture"
on n sandy soil will draw seventy-five
feet 011 cither side, while In clay soil
their ofTect will uot be felt 11 third ns
far. As already stated, the width of
the strip of good corn or other grain
over a drain Is a good Indication of the
"pulling power" of the drain. Where 11
drainage system Is being put In 11 little
at n time tho laterals can be put In
from 75 to 200 feet apart nt llrst, de
pending on the soli, nnd others put In
between later If experience shows
them to bo necessary.
The Outlet.
One of the most Important parts of
the drainage system Is tho outlet. If
the dratu empties Into n ditch or
Btream 11 stone bulwark should ho
built up to keep the end tile from be
ing wnshed away. Tho drain should
enter tho stream above tho level of tho
water If possible. When It enters bo
low the force of the current Is check
ed, and If tho water Is carrying much
silt some of It will bo deposited lu the
ria. 11 roon way to iiAY tili
tllo. It Is n good plan to use sower
pipo for n few feet back from tho out
U'tna K is uot so easily displaced by
freezing.
?fnny drains are built with an out
let lu n bos at the side or tho road or
next to n neighbor's fence. Such an
outlet is not very satisfactory, but
sometimes It is tho best that can be
provided. The box should ho well
built to keep out rubbish, The mouth
or tho tllo lu this as well ns In other
forms of outlets should be covered to
keep out small uulmals during dry
weather. The bottom of tho box should
be nt lenst n foot below the tllo. Tho
silt that settles here should be dom
ed out occasionally. A much better
plan than the use of a tile box Is to co
operate with the road authorities or
with tho neighbors and extend the Hoe
of tile to some permnnent outlet.
Laying the Tile.
It rarely pays 11 farmer to lay his
own tile, but ho should keep close
watch of tho men whom he hires to do
the work. A little carelessness In lay
ing the tile mny make the drainage
system practically worthless. If at
any place the tile dips an Inch below
the grade line, that Inch will fill up
with silt, and tho capacity of the whole
system will be reduced that much
The old saying that n chulu Is no
stronger than Its weakest link applies'
with especial force to a tllo drain. No
man can lay tile to grade accurately
by eye. even If thcro Is water running
In the ditch at the time. Remember
that It Is your money that I p"r!r-;
for the drain and that It Is ;o'r irl.
ilegc to have It put in ns you want It.
The only way to get the li.c laid ex
actly to grade Is to use targets. When
tin engineer lays out a Hue of the tile
he sets a row of grade stakes, each
one marked with the depth the ditch Is
to be at that polut When the ditch
is down nearly to the required point
targets are set up at these grade
stakes. A target couslsts of an upright
stick on each side of tho ditch with
a crossbar clamped to it. These cross
bars should be adjusted bo that they
are level and Just seven feet nbovo the
grade Hue. For Instnnce. If tho cut
marked on the grade stake Is four
feet the crossbar should he three feet
ubove the stake. After a number of
these targets have been set n strlug Is
stretched across tho tops of them.
Then a measuring stick seven feet long
will Just reach from the string to the
correct grade line. With one man to
hold the measuring stick nnd another
to scrape out the bottom of the ditch,
It can bo dug to grade very accurately.
Of course both digging tho ditch
and laying the tile should begin at the
outlet. Dou't let the men stand on
the bank and lay the tile with a hook.
Mnkc them get down into tho ditch
and put them in by hand, standing on
those already laid to hold them In
place. Hy handling each tile any
cracked or Imperfect ones can bo dis
covered and thrown out. After the
tile are laid a little dirt should be
scraped from the side of the ditch to
hold them In place. As soon as the
whole line is In no time should be lost
In couThi-: the ditch
Miss M. Ruth Taylor
TEACHER OF PIANO
324 West Idaho. Phone 205
GEO. W.MILLER
GRADUATE
PIANO TUNER
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WILLIAM MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY
AT HW,
ALLIANCE,
NEBRASKA.
EUGENE BURTON
Attorney at Law
Office in rooms formerly occupied by
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'Phone 180. ALLIANCE, NEB.
H. M. BULLOCK.
Attorney at Law,
A.JL,11,IA.TVCIS. NEB,
WILCOX & BROOME
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Land Office is a guarantee for prompt and
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Office In i.nnd Office llnlldliiR.
ALUANCi: NCIIJtASKA.
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Oflico Phone 43, Residence 20
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DISEASES OF
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GEO. J. HAND,
HOMEOPATHIC
I 11 V S I C I V N A N I) SURGEON
Formerly Interne Homeopathic Hos
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OFFICE IN FLETCHER BLOCK
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Office Phone 62
Kes. Phone, 85
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Physician nnd Surgeon
Phone 300
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