ft—Lancaiter Farmlni. Saturday. May 11, 1974
Tile lines look like this right after they're buried.
This tile line on the Landis Weaver farm should be
less costly to maintain than a sod waterway, it
should last longer and it doesn’t take any land out
of corn production. Weaver is the first Lancaster
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conservation fanning one year earlier.”
Water must actually be diverted away from sod waterways
in the first year after seeding, which means that terraces
shouldn’t be installed until after the sod has taken a firm
hold. Robert Rohrer, Mechanics Grove, was in Weaver’s
field digging terraces just a few days after the tile lines were
laid. Rohrer is a contractor who does conservation work.
Besides the time factor, Weaver says he’ll gradually
recoup the additional cost of tile because he won’t have the
extra fertilizer cost necessarily incurred with sod water
ways. “And with today’s fertilizer prices, that’s something to
think about,” he said.
Another advantage is that he can plant com or any other
crop right over the tile line. The grass on a waterway can be
harvested for hay, of course, but it’s not the high quality
alfalfa that dairymen like Weaver favor.
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County farmer to install a tile line to carry runoff
water away from his cropland terraces.
Traditionally, local farmers have used sod
waterways for this purpose.
In addition to the tile lines, Weaver is installing cropland
terraces this year to store his runoff water and to help save
his topsoil. Some 600 feet of terraces are going in this year,
with another 3000 planned for next year.
Tjst fall, Weaver sold waterways in the fields which he
plans to terrace next year. The terraces are designed to
handle a maximum of five-and-a-half inches of rainfall in any
24-hour period. This is equivalent to a 10-year storm in this
area. If rains fall even heavier than that, the terraces are
designed to let the water flow evenly over the top, rather than
breaking through m spots.
Some 75 percent of the cost of Weaver’s project will be
borne by die Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
service through REAP and RECP funds.
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