Solar Cattle Waterer

Solar Cattle Waterer LIVESTOCK Miscellaneous 10-1-9 "Before I built this solar cattle waterer, the calves were getting a meal of mud everytime they went for milk because I couldn't keep the cows out of the waterhole," says Martin Wedman, Valleyview, Alberta. The solar waterer's powered by a tractor battery that's kept at full charge with a 3-amp solar panel. The battery runs a 12-volt bilge pump protected inside 1/8-in. hardware cloth screen and floating under a sealed up 5-gal. plastic pail that floats on the surface of the pond. A light rope is tied to the pail to pull it to the side when needed. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Martin Wedman, P.O. Box 1889, Valleyview, Alberta T0H 3N0 (ph 403 524-2553).

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