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Wanted: Rain!

On May 25, 2012 in General by spope

It’s been nearly a month since we’ve had any significant rainfall here. Our pheasant pens are built on quite sandy soil which means that our ground dries out more quickly than heavier soil. In the big picture, having sandy soil is a good thing for raising pheasants. But during time of drought, we can lose our cover if we didn’t irrigate.

Our pen crew is irrigating 18 hours a day, and the pen manager Brian Klein sent me the pic’s above just before 6 am this morning. Having an irrigation system is a big advantage for us. Some years we have hardly used the irrigator. We bought the irrigator in 1989, right after we had a significant drought. This year we have started up the irrigator earlier in the season than ever before.

Irrigating this morning at sunup 200 gallons a minute


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