g. Corrals, Chutes, Feeders, Walkways 



Throughout the ranch complex are structures related to livestock control, 

 although the major structures (within the ranch complex) were removed in 

 early 1994. The removed structures included a horse corral, rebuilt in the 

 1940s, which adjoined the horse barn, enclosures and ramps for cows at milking 

 tune, peripheral fences and a loading chute built by the Truttmans about 1960 

 near the dairy barn. Another, similar, loading chute remains in the hills on the 

 eastern parcel of the ranch and is in fair condition, being still in use. The 

 pastures throughout the ranch acreage are divided by various styles of fence 

 into large and small pastures. A number of new barbed wire pasture fences 

 have been added and a few old fencelines removed in the past three years. Most 

 of the gates are "Portugee gates," simple barbed wire and post gates. 



Concrete feeding areas were found west of the ranch complex and on the 

 east side of the highway about 1/4 mile up the hill road. These are long 

 stretches of unreinforced concrete about six feet wide. Wooden feed troughs 

 and stanchions line the concrete areas and a concrete water trough is located on 

 each one. In early 1994, the west feeders were removed. Other metal and 

 concrete troughs are scattered around the ranch. 



Concrete walkways, installed for sanitation purposes, led to the dairy 

 from behind the horse barn and from the west pasture, but these were also 

 removed. They had been built during the 1940s through 1960s. A concrete pad 

 was laid on the south side of the hay barn at an unknown date and remains. 



h. Water System 



The Truttman ranch water system dates to at least 1894 when Joseph 

 Bloom traded water rights with neighbor Payne J. Shafter for a town lot . The 

 water originates in Davis, or Boucher, Creek, now on lands of Vedanta Society, 

 about two miles southwest from the Truttman Ranch. It is caught at an intake 

 on a pristine section of the upper creek and conveyed through various kinds of 

 pipe (having been repaired over the years) overland through Vedanta Society 

 property, across Olema Creek, then uphill to a concrete storage tank near the 

 west corral. It is then pumped to the residence and uphill to pasture troughs in 

 the hills to the east. The newer sections of the pipeline are PVC. The water 



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