Ranchers find new means of water conservation
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Roosevelt Soil and Water Conservation District Board Chairman Mike Cone shared with Roosevelt County commissioners Tuesday that "shade balls" are saving thousands of gallons of water from evaporating in water drink tanks for cattle. Cone conducted an experiment to see what the difference was by monitoring a tank with the balls and one without.
PORTALES — Ranchers and dairymen have a new means of saving water but they also face a new danger, according to officials of the Roosevelt Soil & Water Conservation District.
Mike Cone, chairman of the SWCD board, told Roosevelt County commi...
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