Show PROVIDE WATER FOR CATTLE ponds springs troughs and other facilities should be cleaned and put in snaps shape prepared by the united states department of agriculture before turning cattle thu that have been kept in the barn or lot during the he winter onto a pasture a gcoy water supply should be careful y provided tor for ponds springs a tiring troughs tro or other facilities for watering should be cleaned and put into shape it Is frequently thought that the water supply Is abundant early in n the season and therefore that no attention need be given to it this Is a mistake as springs and ponds fill up tile the winter rod and troughs tro become damaged 1 3 f 4 V I 1 4 water supply for live stock Is of 0 greatest importance so they aliey fall to hold sufficient batet tor for the needs ot of tile entile battit in most cases the water supply cannot be t materially increased so care must be taken to conserve what nhat Is available it Is advisable to fence around springs to prevent the cattle from tramping the earth arid and polluting the lie water the alie maximum use of 0 water from a spring can be obtained ly providing two or three troughs tro set so that the overflow from one will run into the next net ne t orie one this arrangement not oni onla makes tile the water more accessible to tile the stoa but keeps it cleaner and better |