watering system design and paddock design

[jodywy]

kind of lucky here other then ditches in a couple hay fields I got live water , river , creeks or springs in every pasture. On the forest allotment there are developed springs and creeks with a few dug out at one end of one unit.

[Bootheel]

Went back and read through this and had to laugh, at myself and human nature, behavior patterns of people and animals just fascinate the dicken's out of me.

Observations
1. The won't work here idealogy......I have had guys look and listen and be fascinated, then say, well my grounds flater than yours, it wont work.....the next day I had a guy tell me that his was hillier, wouldnt work there......apparently God put me in a geogaphic anomoly.....by the way the flatlander is now trying it out.

2) The sky might fall.

Dont get offended Soap but the lightning thing just makes me chuckle, my dad worries from time to time too. The thing is when they use to have half the run of the farm, they were just as liable if not more so, to be under the same blasted tree. Then the all those animals on 160 acres made me really have to giggle.... just due to differences in stocking rates across the country... were getting 180 plus grazing days per acre(talking pairs here) my paddock size would probably be classified in square feet rather than acres for 200 pairs.

I could could get really long winded, but I will try and spare ya'll's eyes. You guys are just great, have a blessed day.

Bootheel

[Soapweed]

[Northern Rancher]

My only lightning deal was I brought in some hot cows to A'I-then rode about a 1/4 mile to get the truck that had my supplies in it. When I got back lightning had killed three head about 100 feet from the A'I chute!!

[Bootheel]

Soap, I have seen enough pictures of folks working at yourplace to know you aint lazy, like that ride of yours you might be a little ornery and stubborn , like I said before human nature fascinates me, I just enjoy harassing ya little. Most of us got way more in common than we think, gotta try real hard to quarrel.

NR that lightening is some scary stuff, took an indirect hit in water, and had it within feet of me two other times....like a dog I get pretty nervous when a storm rolls in, start looking for cover. Trying to outguess it is a losing battle though.

[Northern Rancher]

This had just hit the ground amongst a bunch of them-it looked like when you drive the round bale fork on the FEL into the ground-don't ask how I'd know what that looks like.

[jodywy]

lost 20 pairs under a big duglas fir one summer

[Gomez]

Flying S, you mentioned you are a big fan of grazing pulses. Which pulses have you grazed and what is the biggest advantage they give your operation? Thank you.