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Show Water for Cows in the Winter Shall It Be Warm Or Cold? . The statement that milk cows should have free. access to a generous supply of puro water Is very good summer advice, but Is not sulllclont for winter conditions. Large amounts of water are needed need-ed dally to keep up tho body functions func-tions of the cow. This wntor leaves the body by evaporation from tho Bkln, through tho breath, nnd in tho urine. In addition to this, if the cow Is expected to produce milk, nn additional addi-tional supply of water Is needed, ns each 100 pounds of milk, contains about 87 pounds of water. Experiments have shown that cows in milk normnlly drink 4 times moro water than the tame cows do under similar conditions when dry nnd not carrying a calf. It has been foiled by other tests that, on tho average, n cow requires about 5 pounds water for each pound of milk produced. Where succulent feed is given the water it contains reduces, somewhat tho amount necessary to bo taken In as wntor. Too mnny winter rations, howover, contain no succulont' feed, ho that all of this water must bo drunk. A cow giving 2Ji pounds of milk should, therefore, drink nbout 123 pounds of water per day. Now, 40 to 00 pounds of ico water nt ono drink, when tlio mercury at best Is only a fow degrees abovo zero, would not set well on any stomach. To forco cows to do thi3 Is wnsto-ful wnsto-ful In threo directions. 1. A certain nmount of feed must bo burned In tho body In order to warm this wnter to body temperature. 2. When n cow takes this nmount of Ico cold wnter Into hor stomach, sho is so thoroughly thorough-ly chilled, especially in this region, that tho processes of digestion and milk secretion seem to stop nlmost completely for somo tlmo and a considerable con-siderable portion of her milk secretion secre-tion Is, thercforcnecessarlly lost. 3. .Tho fenturo causing tho greatest loss, however, Is tho fact that tho cows re. jfuso to drink enough of this cold water for high milk production. It Is considered good economy, especially es-pecially with a herd of high producing produc-ing cows, to warm their water nt least to 00 degrees Fahrenheit. Ono man reports an Increase of 10 per cent In tho milk flow duo to wnrmliig wnter for his cows. On tho other hand, cows seem to dislike wnter which Is too worm. Between 00 degrees de-grees Fnhrenhelt and 7I degrees Fall renhelt will glvo good results. Methods of Warming Water. Nntural.. The best and most gen-i gen-i orally satisfactory supply Is spring wntor which never becomes cold. If tho spring Is very for nwny It will probably pay to lay a pipe rather 'deep in the ground nnd bring the i supply close to tho barn, ns cowg ills. I like traveling very far for water In 'blenk weathqr. H; keeping tho tank i drained ont except nt watering times, Ihe cows can bo given warm water; Water piped into the barn, unless tho drinking devices enn bo and nro kept 'strlckly clean, Is considered detrl-.mental detrl-.mental to the health of the cow. Tank Warmers. According to what J Is desired, a tank warmer can bo obtained ob-tained which burns wood, coal, or korosono, or whnt Is probnbly more convenient nnd less dnngerous isnn electric device. This can bo fastened In tho tank so n8 to keep tho water nt a drinkable temperature. |