The project continues…two, four-hole, frost-free stock waterers were installed; one in the barn lot and one just past center between the barn lot and the far end of our property.
These locations were chosen based on proposed grazing management techniques already in use at Mountain Glen.
Our cattle are grass-fed. To optimize the grazing, the cattle need to be moved onto fresh pasture on a regular, short rotation. Thus, large pastures are divided into smaller usage units. This management provides prime grass, nutritionally, for the cattle and it provides the most favorable conditions for grass quality improvement; the old ‘win-win’ proposition.
Along with food, cattle require gallons of water on a daily basis. Water needs to be accessible to every unit.
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| pad form filled with concrete |
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| concrete leveled |
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| concrete pad complete - drying |
Thus, the decision on the location of the waters; these two sites provide the ideal situation for the cattle to have easy water access from each grazing unit. The waterer is a hub; in which, the small pasture units are connected. The dividing fences between the units are the ‘spokes’.
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| 2nd waterer location - a community affair...not quite the game of checkers at the general store, but comparable |
As a result, many pasture units can utilize one ‘watering hole’. And, the cattle spend an inconsequential amount of time at the creek.
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| the inside workings |
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| it works - see the water streaming in |
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| no cows, but evidence that they have been using their new waterer |
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| Oh, there they are...grazing the lush pasture! |
Phase two…complete!
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