| Show water materially helps maintain flow of milk water is as necessary to life as food but how bow rarely is it given adequate attention rit particularly in the summer to maintain the summer milk flow cow at the highest pitch a liberal supply of pure water is needed no waiter iatter rL bow good the pastures the euvis cus cannot produce well if they are deprived of water for both digestion and assimilation of food water Is necessary it regulates the temperature of the body and provides for or the water content of the milk which Is more loore than SO 80 per cent by wei weight bt of its volume experience has proved that aws vows in milk need approximately three pounds of water for every pound of produced very heavy producers then may need from ten to fifteen gallons in 21 24 hours during bummer many herds are not supplied with enough water to meet this need it the water Is not before the cows all the time they should have access to it at a least twice a day preferably three times during the hot weather if this Is done there will not be a falling off in tile the milk supply |
