history of tile drainage by dr. tom scherer - ndsu agriculture
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Welcome to the
North Dakota-Minnesota
Subsurface Drainage Forum
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Controlling Soil Water in the Crop Root
Zone on Agricultural Fields
Subsurface (“Tile”) Drainage
Slide courtesy of Dr. Gary Sand
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Subsurface or Tile Drainage Can:
Control water table
Reduce salt accumulation in the soil
Maximize root growth
Increase yields
Improve timeliness of field operations
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Subsurface
Drainage: A
Brief History
Thomas F. SchererNDSU Extension Agricultural [email protected](701) 231-7239
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Salt Accumulation from High Water Table
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Drainage: An Ancient Practice
Use of buried clay pipe as old as art of pottery
Some dated on the island of Crete to 5,000 B.C.
Farmers in ancient Egypt and Babylonia drained wet soils for crop production
Roman author, Cato, wrote in 200 B.C. extensively on farm drainage as practiced by Roman farmers
First subsurface drains were converted ditches (Roman times)
Some archeological evidence that Inca’s and Mayan’s used subsurface drainage
Slide courtesy of Dr. Gary Sand
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Clay Tile Dating to 1 A.D.
Slide courtesy of Dr. Gary Sand
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John Johnston, brought the idea of draining with
tiles from Scotland to the United States in 1835.
Slide courtesy of Dr. Gary Sand
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Drainage: In the United States
1835 - First tile drainage in United States
1858 - 856 acres of Central Park in New York were
tile drained
Mole “ditchers” were developed and used
extensively in the 1800’s
In addition to circular tile; wooden poles, field rock
and other materials were buried in the trench to
convey subsurface water to an outlet
Slide courtesy of Dr. Gary Sand
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350 different kinds of tiles
Slide courtesy of Dr. Gary Sand
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Tile Installed at Crookston - 1908
Hutchinson
Glencoe
Fertile
Mason City
Lengby
Slide courtesy of Dr. Bruce Wilson, University of Minnesota
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Hand Tools Used
for Installation of
Tiles
Slide courtesy of Dr. Bruce Wilson, University of Minnesota
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Hand Installation of Tiles at Crookston
Slide courtesy of Dr. Bruce Wilson, University of Minnesota
3 foot deep - $2.42 per 100 ft ($17.50/acre 60 ft spacing)
4 foot deep - $3.15 per 100 ft ($13.75/acre 100 ft spacing)
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Machine Trenching at Crookston
Average cost - $1.24 per 100 ft
Slide courtesy of Dr. Bruce Wilson, University of Minnesota
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Junkin Ditcher - 1906
Slide courtesy of Dr. Bruce Wilson, University of Minnesota
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Old Machines and New Machines
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Extent of Subsurface Drainage (’92)51 million ac of corn-belt (est.)
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Tile Drainage Projects in this Area
Southern Manitoba
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Why is Tile Drainage Desirable in the
Red River Valley?
The “wet” 90’s
Prevented planting acreage in ND (FSA)
2001 677,000 acres
2002 245,000 acres
2003 437,000 acres
2004 1,666,000 acres
2005 1,033,000 acres
2006 330,000 acres
2007 233,000 acres
2008 30,250 acres
High land prices, higher crop prices, acquiring more land
becoming difficult, improves land management options
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Tile Drainage Related Research
Projects in the Area
Crookston and Brooks, MN
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Thank you
for your attention!