Thursday, February 2, 2012

Terraced hillsides

Not sure that this will interest anyone else but it did me. Kathy thinks I'm strange... anyhow, many, many hills have a terraced appearance, which initially intrigued me. This is a photo of such a hill, as well as the ubiquitous water tank:





Turns out that the hills are so steep that the animals stand perpendicular to the slope and graze uphill! And, no, one set of legs is NOT shorter than the opposite side.... Next, a 'pic with animals in place:





It's easy to tell when the cows have been transferred from one field to another, since we ride through their fresh droppings after a recent transfer....:)

Farmer Bill

Location:NZ

1 comment:

  1. So could it be grazing animals who terrace the hills? Arthur

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