Show D 1 i J J J r c V WATER REQUIRED U IRED BY DAIRY COWS Of Much 1 Importance to Supply Sup h hit ply Abundantly Always it t Is a 0 well known fact that heavy Y producing milk cows S cuire u a large e ii amount of 01 water water more more than nut ninny n people realize When cows have oe tr free access to water at al all nil tinier during the u inter months as liS when supplied tr with v h drinking lr cups they consume more inure thin than wl when ln t they he hll have e an nn opportunity to rl drink only once or of twice r a 1 adaS day daS especially Is this Hits true rrue tH when n they are Ire forced to tu drink ice le water waster The fact that milk contains S 57 7 per percent percent percent cent of f in Itsell Itself that Hint a n urge large supply J Js is needed when a n cow from front to H it o o 0 50 pounds of milk n a day The chief function of water In III the thc animals animal's ls l's body hods however lIo e ver is lOr to ro supply th the amount needed her het milk prink Site She he also need nied It If for fur ii eli dissolving is ul in her Iler food to LO help distribute the nIi e matter matler through the holl body and to remove the waste body cells It Las has been hec state stale I Ithai that thai f riG n per pr ent of the water consumed con con- by hy a n dalr dairy cow is excreted ell In Inthe inthe the feces about 13 per cent In the rhe urine 12 1 per cent through the skin kin and und about lf 15 per cent u through h the milk mille In summer more inure Is eliminated through the skin than In winter whiter At the Michigan nn station Nation water conn con consumption by ten dairy cows was wens mens from the utter tatter part o 0 March to the latter lafter part parr of July In 1 tins while whine the tho cows were producing nn an a cra acra average e of H JI pounds of nf milk dally The consumption consumption con con- during that period was gallons per cow or about pounds per day Thus they about 3 32 pounds pound of water for every ver pound of milL produced The large dally requirement of water water wa wa- ter calls culls attention to the Importance of providing an un ibi at ut all times tines On most farms the water Vater supply supply sup sup- ply Is not nor as adequate during winter as os it Is during summer even though the cows rows m may y not need quite so much Where drinking cups can cnn i oe ie e installed In i he the dairy barn th they will pay good iden dI dividends s. s |