Show 1 dairy herd comfort i increases milk flow dont let jack frost take charge of your dairy herd man argement noo r during ri winter i months says H A dairy dalry spec la for the colorado A AT extension service I 1 if you dont have a tank heat I 1 cr er the water tank serving the milking herd can be protected by banking the sides with straw and covering the top with boards leaving an opening to drink from production of the dairy herd varies with the supply and cori coti con cont 1 of the drinking water A cow needs from f rom pounds to pounds of water daily dc de pending on her size and prodoc tion points out I 1 since most cows are kept in the dairy barn only ing tim time c it Is important that cori rals and loafing sheds be kept dry clean and well bedded tests show that a saving of about 20 per cent in feed costs was made by feeding cattle in protected I 1 well bedded corrals in con eon parison to those fed in corrals without protection and bedding he adds A good plan is to feed all the good quality roughage a cow will clean up readily and grain ac cording to her production an easy rule for feeding the grain Is to feed from one and one half to two pounds of grain for r each gallon of milk cd ed per day one half of this thi s amount to be fed in the mom morn ing and the other half in the evening |