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Photographer: Sandra Hughes
Taken: September 25, 2010
Caption: Land Conservation at The Hermitage Marker
Additional Description: Warm seasons forage on 20% to 30% of the forage system insures more summer forage production. Watering troughs placed so livestock travel less than 800’ to water improves grazing and waste distribution. Placed troughs so fields can be cross-fenced in the future. Multiple paddocks allow forage to rest, re-grow, and assure stockpile forage in times of slow re-growth. Technical assistance and funding for the fence and water system were provided by the Natural Resources Conservation System, Davidson county Soil conservation District, Tennessee Department of Agriculture, and Gallagher Fence Company. “USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.”
Submitted: February 10, 2012, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.
Database Locator Identification Number: p192323
File Size: 0.295 Megabytes

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