Show herd refused to drink water that was impure the water supply of the dairy herd Is an often unsuspected source of trouble the story has been vouched couched tor for ot of a farmer who could not make an apparently good herd of grade holsteins milk even respectably well and this in spite of the fact that he was feeding well when he be turned the cows out to drlek drink at the stock tank the cause was revealed although the cows ran for the tank and evidently were very thirsty they would take only a small drink and then turn away the water looked as clear and nice as water can look but it tasted terrible the drainage from the barnyard had polluted the well so BO seriously that the cows would not drink although the appearance pe arance was not harmed that man had bad to drill feet before he got a supply of water but once the water was good the cows responded normally to good feeding in other cases that have been reported trouble was traced to the sediment that had been allowed to accumulate over a long period of time one cannot be too certain that the water supply Is all that it should be |