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Show BIG ESSENTIAL FOR STOCK. Animals Go for Days Without Drinking Drink-ing When Water Is Ice Cold-Tank Cold-Tank Is Inexpensive. (By J. G. STB.IN.) A tank may be built cheaply ot planks for the sides and ends, .with galvanized iron for the bottom, so that when the tank is set on the brick: foundation a fire can be built under-lt, under-lt, and it will take but little heat tc keep the water from freezing. The stovepipe must have an elbow-that elbow-that goes through the brick nearly up to the bottom of the tank, so that the-pipe the-pipe won't touch the plank. The stock, drink more water In winter when it ia- Water-Heating Tank. heated. When ice-cold, they will go for days without drinking at all; and as plenty of water Is necessary to their well being, the importance oC having It at a comfortable temperature tempera-ture is readily seen. Too, the milking cow will give more milk, and the young stock stand the cold better, when the water is saved the freezing mark. |