You couldn't just go to the feed and seed store and buy a metal feeding and/or watering trough back in the old days. If you wanted such a piece of equipment, you made it. The one in the photo was hacked out with a axe, hatchet, and hunting knife. Looks pretty goods! Sometimes the trough was placed on logs at both ends to get it off the ground. That helped keep it from rotting so quickly. This was a common item around farms, homes, and livestock holding pens. They were usually made of white oak is used for watering. Otherwise.............any old tree would do.
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