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    #11
    Interesting idea there. I'm not much of an inventor or technical person but i'm really impressed by these frost free nosepumps and the inventor/ seller of them lives close by so that's a bonus. I'm just blown away with the idea of a system that the cows provide the power to pump the water and it never freezes even in -40C. There are some great inventors on the prairies.

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      #12
      Grassfarmer I believe the fellows name is Anderson right? I looked at these pumps and thought they looked like a great idea. The reason we didn"t buy a bunch of them was that we don't wean untill late December or January so the calves are with the cows, and when we were looking at them about 8 years ago and they weren't sure if the calves could push the paddle as well as the cows. I believe the fellows name was Jim. He said they were going to look into some kind of pendulium kind of setup. As well as getting them to pull water up from deep reserviors. The thing I wasn't sure of was that all the cows come to water at the same time and after a bit of pushing and shoving they seem to leave at the same time great if your the boss cows not great if you are a calf or young hiefer. That was our reasoning behind the high volume tank setup we can water about 10 cows at a time with very little pushing and shoving.

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        #13
        Yep, Jim Anderson was the inventor - he has a website at www.frostfreenosepumps.com. They say that they are suitable for calves too - there is a second position to put the lever at the back of the trough that makes it easier to push but also delivers less water per stroke. I find with my cows that this gang mentality of watering stops when it's not hot weather and certainly stops altogether when the cows are weaned. Dry cows in winter have plenty of time to stand around anyway. Chances are there would be snow when I'm using the thing so nobody will go thirsty - it's just making it a dependable place to be able to winter cows rather than a place that is OK as long as there is snow cover and it's not too crusted. It's not a cheap solution but I think so many operations here run inefficiently due to lack of drinking water availability.

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          #14
          grassfarmer, Hugh McLennan interviewed Jim and Jackie on his radio show on Saturday.

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