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during the summer, if your tential to cap-
a tank with the pond as the cattle are on fescue and you ture a signifi-
source improves water quality have a stream with standing cant amount
or fencing out the pond with water and shade, I bet I know of water for
a small corner with a stone where they will be during the livestock. We
base and limiting standing in day. have one pro-
the pond will improve quali- Just some final thoughts. ducer in Mor-
ty. A friend of mine installed Ideally, we want clean, fresh gan County
a gravity fed, frost free tank water in every paddock, with- that has a
below his pond as a clean, re- in 500-600 feet of the forage, large hold-
liable source of water. and smaller tanks need to ing tank by
There are different have a quick recharge. If pos- his barn and
thoughts on what to do with sible, if water sources are in a water is sup-
streams in paddocks and I fixed location, can they serve plied by a
am not sure what the right multiple paddocks? I have one spring and
answer is, but I do know that location with two 500 tanks in rain off the
rotating to paddocks with- a lot that is available to three roof. It is then Originally constructed in the ’60’s, this spring tank was recently
rebuilt.
out streams limits exposure paddocks. I have another lo- pumped to the
to paddocks with streams. cation with two tanks from top of a hill where the water dry, water is everything!
Cattle like to stand in water two different springs together then flows to tanks in each of
not moving, so if you make right on the fence line that is the paddocks below. When it is OSU
part of a stream available for available to two paddocks and
water, use a portion where the water lines are joined to-
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