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I’ll be fortunate if

I cover my

expenses this

year.

Eddie Williams

Flint Hill

that the area north of Flint Hill frequently receives more rainfall than areas south of town where he lives, or, at least it seems that way. During a recent rainfall, Moore said, home rain gauges registered almost two inches, while he measured only 0.1 of an inch.

A farmer who rotates his cattle periodically in practicing pasture management is Gray Armistad. However, some of the springs on his Amissville property were drying up and with a shortage of grass, he decided to move many of his cattle to a property in Sperryville with plenty of water. He began feeding grain and hay to keep the calves and cows in-good conditidb, he said.

Harold Scoggin, a Harris Hollow farmer, said the springs he uses to water his cattle have been slowing down for several weeks. “Some have stopped running completely,” he said that the grass is practically gone, and he has been feeding his cattle for several weeks.

Even if significant rain fell, bringing back pastures and raising the water table, it would not undo the damage that has occurred to some orchards. Kenner Love, Rappahannock Extension

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