Show Sure It Costs Money But But Running Water Pays Dividends on Farm I By fly IRA MILLER Farm Electrification Bureau Do farmers disagree with the ex experts experts ex ex- The most competent agricultural agricultural agricultural tural engineers say lay that pressure water systems are of prime Importance importance tance on farms SUIT Still only about half halt haltof of the nations nation's farmers have one What's the answer Probably there are several answers with most moat of them tied in with m 15 gallons a day for a dairy dalry cow They probably feel eel that way too after alter their watering chores are finished Cl Chances ances are however they are falling failing far short of drinking water needs and wasting lots of time and energy Inthe Inthe in inthe the process But But does it pay to correct correct cor con the situation Suppose a pressure system does I save time and stock and flocks do drink more water what's the difference difference differ differ- ence Here are so some Iowa farm rec rec- k a rr I I- I iNI i i I nM HK I COWS COWS COWS' each drinks drink about aboul 15 IS gallons per tier day III vidual cases Generally however many farmers tanner who still Wl pump and carr carry water regard a water system M as an expense item llama Sure they'd like to have bave running water water and and they'll theU have bave It I when th they think the they can afford it IL In that the they way halfway agree acree i with the experts To go 10 an H the WI way the they have to consider con alder sider a pressure system stem M sa an Invest Investment t. t men meat And It St U. U Running water Is It an Investment In future earnings on 00 the farm tann and sad In better beUer health for their Few Yea turners farmers are Impressed with statistics on the bug bugs amount of drinking water required requited for tor stock alock and poultry Those without a pressure system think the they are meeting those requirements which may range from 4 gallons a day dal t for chickens to I orl to show what three farmers did with the extra Urn time saved and how water available water available at all times times boosted boosted their earnings A dairyman added 2 cows cow to his cow 11 herd and raised railed his hi annual aMUIl milk mille production from to pounds his yearly milk mUk check by f 50 hog his annual gross rOSl by A increased the size sire of ot his laying flock bock from to 1274 1474 the number umber of broilers and men hyena from ZOO to and boosted poultry sales le by 1100 egg eu sates sales by bl Nm flock Cock worth by 1024 A II bill b c Increased the number of 01 his bis beef cattle catu and calves calv from to Ita and hogs bop from 49 W to lit 64 54 and raised railed his Income from the sale Sala of beef beet and hogs hop b by 1322 1321 and gross income b by 1306 1303 I Do pr pressure water wlter systems pay Ply from bola the looks of ot th these figures the experts art are right j |