Posted by Michael Soldan on April 24, 2008 at 05:04:39 from (24.235.58.254):
In Reply to: field tile posted by billonthefarm on April 23, 2008 at 20:50:46:
We have done this in Ontario for over a hundred years. We have even found wooden drains when we excavated to repair a problem. The wooden drain was a three sided cedar conduit that carried the excess water to the large drainage ditch. I have found square clay tile that are 3"x3" with a round hole through the middle that is about 2" in diameter. The more modern clay tiles are 3" and 4". We have left these ancient runs alone and repair them if we see a wet spot but our farm is now systematically drained with the plastic tubing. As it was being installed the operator would see a piece of clay come up and they would take the hoe and dig down and hook the old tile up to the new line and move on. We run the tile every fifty feet for best results. Over the years we have spent a lot of money on drainage. Beleive it or not some of these ancient tile runs are still working like the day they were put in
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