Show FARM PROFIT 1200 lbs GAIN lbs Keep Cool and Profitable Every day the mercury in thermometer on your barn shows over 80 degrees this you can figure it's costing you You begin to wonder if it isn't too hot to your livestock and poultry feel the same production drops and it takes more feed to make a pound of a gallon of milk or a dozen Plenty of drinking cooling sprays and shade will soon pay for themselves on hot according to reports compiled by Massey-Ferguson's research in better living and moro profitable Hogs suffer the most from Between 60 and 70 degrees a hog breathes from 20 to 40 times At 90 degrees and he breathes from to a and a little forced at high temperatures will kill him There's or no gain in weight in hogs at 90 degrees or At 60 degrees you can got pounds of pork on pounds of but at 85 degrees it takes Water sprays and shade are most effective with and you can save 30 pounds of feed per pounds of gain with Humidity is tho biggest problem with so water sprays aro no help Big 36 and fans moving air over the backs of the cowa helped restore from 41 to 77 percent of the milk lost because of temperatures around tho Providing shade and hauling green chop to tho cows is another food way to help keep production up in high A saving of per pounds of gain was recorded in beef cattle fed under an aluminum roof in summer testa in California and This almost paid for tho shado the first Massey-Ferguson's researchers found out Heat is really rough on and any time the temperature inside your poultry house goes 95 you can look for heat prostration and heavy death Fana on the inside of the house and foggers on the roof are the beet way to keep your chickens cooler and more comfortable producing more eggs and pounds of broiler meat on fewer pounds of Keep an eye on your thermometer thia summer and keep your livestock and poultry cool and |