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Show WATERING THE COWS. H An Iiuport-.int Trtslc That Is Too OUou . H Nolevtod by Dnirymon. j I ... .,1 do not ir.yau toAtlv(x-.u the practice ' i of bringing the milk euu Into contact . I with the pump tpoui, lint I do wish to present for t-erious eoi.nidtration. a I point too often ignored n easing for H the cows. Ordinary milk hr. . :.lxvit T I per cent, uator in iu mal.cup. and in I apite of all that mny be uid iu t tin I value of proper feeding it U a fell i -I dent fact that wii-hu .1 proper hiq. pi; H of iaur it is impa-.ilile for the cow to I give the usual amount of milk. Never- thelcs-s it is not siuffieien,tly understood I that the cow alrould hove waU'r of the ' I right kind, and at the right time. 1 We Imve often, seen cows come up H ' from the pasture where there wn a 1 H running stream that they had to pah- , H on their wny up and the ilrst thing the;. ' did after gcltiiiff into the yard was l.- jnnlcost might for the pump trough. The I reason of this veaa because the w ater in I the trough wn more palatable to thr H cows than the branch water. Whether H we want to or not, if we arc suecessfu'. I in the dairy business, we must consult so smnll a tiling as t lie tn&te of the cows. and if they prefer pump wnter to ln-anoh watervTuut give it to them. H Jt is absolutely cWficntial to the highest H produotion of milk that the cow have H all the wnter she wants, and this she B will not have if the water docs not suit j H her taste. I It is also important that the cow have H access to water frequently. A cnmel H mny drink once in a week and thrive. H Ijut a cow is not a camel by any means. H She is using water all the tlmo in H 'making milk, nnd her reservoir is not H constructed to hold enough water for Ht anv leneth of time. H If a cow is turned out of a winter s H morning to drink water from which the H ice hns been broken tirst she will not H drink nil she wants unless she has been H pnrched by thirst, ami then she will H .Htnnd drawn uii with the cold chills run- K lng up and down her spine nnd at tho same time taking the feed she would H otherwise have turned into butter, nnd H 'using it to warm the water she has just Wk billed herself with. National Stock- HC man. |