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Show Hot Summer Days Lower Production Of Farm Animals Summer heat is vital to high production in the corn field, but it has just the opposite effect on most farm animals and poultry They show their distaste for hot weather by lower milk production, pro-duction, fewer eggs, less weight gain or a drop in breeding efficiency. effi-ciency. Agricultural colleges and other oth-er organizations throughout the country today are using air conditioning con-ditioning in livestock buildings to demonstrate how cooler temperatures tem-peratures can relieve hot weather weath-er production losses. Obviously, the average farmer can't afford to air condition his livestock buildings. But he can keep his livestock cooler and more productive with insulation. Thick insulation batts or blankets blan-kets of mineral -wool, properly installed in the walls and ceilings ceil-ings of barns, farrowing houses, chicken houses and other struc tures used for livestock, act as an effective barrier to keep heat out of the building. |