Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-01-11
H FARMING WORLD.
BENEFITS OF THING.
.o,Io Farmer Gives the Results OF THOR
Ei,Ar Arres of CLAW Soil.

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A.. otIo Farmer Gives the Results OF THOR
nurh Filing on Fifty Acres OF Clay son"
On nv clayey farm nearly fifty acres
are tile-drained thoroughly, with mains
where needed. and with laterals thirty
three feet apart and about thirty lnches
deem. Each linear rod OF Tues rains
.wo souare rods of land; eighty roos
drain an acre: ole mile drains -four acres
thorafore about twelve miles OF tiles
are buried on my farm. 1t cost some
money, not far from $500 all toiu, uis
and labor, including my own' LOT i"i"
poor1v all the tiles with my W hands,
dino about one-third of the bitches cut
nearly all the grooves in the oot'oni VI
tho bitches to receive the tiles as a
spnq fit. and made nearly all the POINTS
where the ~laterals join the mains Inns
is A good deal of money to put lh'e
drains on fifty acres of rather compac'
clavey land. 1t ought to show some
benefit. uu
Tho first benefit was that it made TILL
age and rotation of crops possible con,
ti~nnously, Some years you coulu ge.
hoed crops, wheat and clover withouO
tiles. hut not regularly. Some parts
could never be plowed without fearful
wash in high water. The drainage made
it possible to pillow and till large square
fields instead of irregular knobs or TIL
angular patches. :,
Another benefit is that the "tlllng
has made the crops uniformly oe'Vo'
than on the parts not tiled. sometimes
in the case of wheat or potatoes the ar
ference is one between a good crop anu
almost an entire failure. This year the
difference in the clover and timothy was
yery marked, both in quantity M quar-
itv. had about forty'-six acres OF cio,
yer and timothy, about half OF 1t on uieu
land and half not. The untitled ana Is
more rolling, as rich naturally on tht
average, and being nearer the barn ahe
road has had very much more man ur'
in the past than the tiled portions prop
ably fully twice as much on the average
And still my Judgment is that IN
:. tiled portions yielded this year iron
thirty to fifty per cent. more nay pc
acre; certainly so if we except from VI
untitled portions some three acres qult
near the barn that for thirty years a
least has had much more than Its shar
of manure Not only was the quantit
Greater, but the quality was better, MOI
l free from weeds, better headed an
Il more uniformly good This was qui'
IL noticeable in the clover and tlmoth
" seeded two years ago this spring, no
mostly timothy. One strip or plat
II about ten acres furthest from town WI
II nearly all tiled, with n little over a
. acre not tiled. This part, to my &c
~ tain knowledge, has had much the mo
a manure for thirty years, but the nj
d from the tiled part | am sure Mr., fetle
+ nv farm manager, will agree was wor'
about twice as much per acre as tn
10 from the untitled part, or as that 1ro
Oh an untitled ten acres lying beyond I
Or barn nearer town. On the tiled partt
10 timothy was heavy and long, uniform
DC headed with very large heads. On
10 untitled part and on the other untll
ten acres the timothy was shcrt' hei
small, and apparently more than haA1
in it did not head. There was bad IT.
dc and dry weather in May, and the unit,
a land did not seem to stand either
ID. we'll as the tiled. The untitled pa
on were more rolling, too; left without
to ing for that very reason, ..
GO, Still another advantage was mani
ro- this year. The rains had been hei
nd down to July 4. The untitled porti'
is were almost mud, the water standing
ng depressions. In many places the hor
al sank over their hoofs and q wal
is with a ton of hay would sink in five
ire six inches. and it was almost impossi
of even for a strong team to draw the h
we loaded wagon up grade with the
loader working. But the tiled porti
the of the field were firm and solid;
nee chimes. wagons and horses did not s
the in and the field was in fine condition
blowing any day, On my tiled wi
owe field. too. the Irvine binder ran
wax p~erfect ease to the team, whereas
,uis tiled clayey fields were so soft cha
some places Irvine binders could moi
,,.o1 ohio Farmer.