Pipsqueak, Do you have to break the ice when it freezes, too?
When I was a girl and we had horses and cows, we had a quite big, plain trough (no heaters or other fancy ways to keep it ice free) and making sure there was a big hole in the ice was one of my chores to do both before going to school and after school. Most days I rather liked hammering and chopping ice (but some days were way too cold to be fun!). And when it was too cold to use a hose, oh, we hauled buckets and buckets and buckets. So I think I know what you mean about how big a trough really is. (Especially when you have to work the buckets through the fence railings, and sometimes spill a bucket or two when you're close to the trough but not there yet, eh?)
This is not to mention how much each horse could drink in one day...
Pipsqueak, Do you have to break the ice when it freezes, too?
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a girl and we had horses and cows, we had a quite big, plain trough (no heaters or other fancy ways to keep it ice free) and making sure there was a big hole in the ice was one of my chores to do both before going to school and after school. Most days I rather liked hammering and chopping ice (but some days were way too cold to be fun!). And when it was too cold to use a hose, oh, we hauled buckets and buckets and buckets. So I think I know what you mean about how big a trough really is. (Especially when you have to work the buckets through the fence railings, and sometimes spill a bucket or two when you're close to the trough but not there yet, eh?)
This is not to mention how much each horse could drink in one day...
Oh, well. I loved my horse. It was worth it.