Adjacent Farm Dry Enough for Spring Tillage 4-17-10

Basin A or Duck Pond is draining water at 1" above the maintained water level.

This Rat Catcher/ Trash Skimmer on Duck Pond does a good job of straining any organic matter from going into the tile.

The field adjacent to Basin A was dry enough for Mr. Resch to begin spring tillage. He made a round adjacent to the property line.

Photos show his tillage by the 6" and 8" Hickenbottoms and by the county's observation pipe. These are the three low spots along the property line.

I tilled by the 6" Hickenbottom yesterday and it was dry.

The atv tires were clean and dry by the 8" hickenbottom.

The outlet on Basin A was flowing freely at the 1" level and the rate of flow at the observation pipe was at 4 1/4" in a 10" tile.

The drainage system is working as designed.

By reducing if not eliminating head pressure on the 1909 drainage system, I feel that this is a win/win situation for County Ditch #6.