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Show COWS REQUIRE MUCH WATER Practice of Watering Herd But Once Daily Is Not to Be Recommended Three Times Is Better. It is a mistake to be satisfied with watering the herd but once a day. If they can be induced to drink twice or three times a day, it should be done. Cows need much water. It has been found that the average milch cow requires about 81 pounds of water a day while in milk (nearly ten gallons), and about 54 pounds while dry. Of this, the cow in milk takes rather more than two-thirds (say seven gallons) as drink, and the rest in her food, while the dry cow takes rather less than two-thirds as drink, and a little more than one-third in the food. |