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A watering trough on a stock route, Australia A Bills horse trough in Sebastian, Victoria, Australia Sheep watering trough, Idaho, 1930s. A watering trough (or artificial watering point) is a man-made or natural receptacle intended to provide drinking water to animals, livestock on farms or ranches or wild animals.
Mangers are mostly used in livestock raising [2] and generally found at stables and farmhouses. They are also used to feed wild animals, e.g., in nature reserves. A similar trough providing drinking water for domestic or non-domestic animals is a watering trough and may be part of a larger watering structure called abreuvoir.
Water is delivered from below, absorbed by upwards, and the excess collected for recycling. Typically, a solution of water and nutrients floods a container or flows through a trough for a short period of time, 10–20 minutes, and is then pumped back into a holding tank for reuse. Sub-irrigation in greenhouses requires fairly sophisticated ...
Stock tanks can be repurposed as backyard pools, or "stock tank pools," using chlorine tabs and a filter pump. Stock tanks are increasingly used as "rustic" backyard above-ground pools, or "stock tank pools" by retrofitting a filter pump [4] and adding chlorine or stabilized hydrogen peroxide [5] to keep the water clean throughout the summer. [6]
An advertisement from Burke's Peerage, 1879. First drinking fountain installed by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. The Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association is an association that was set up in London by Samuel Gurney, a member of Parliament and philanthropist, and Edward Thomas Wakefield, a barrister, in 1859 to provide free drinking water.
Drip irrigation or trickle irrigation is a type of micro-irrigation system that has the potential to save water and nutrients by allowing water to drip slowly to the roots of plants, either from above the soil surface or buried below the surface. The goal is to place water directly into the root zone and minimize evaporation.