Richfield Reaper | 1917-09-22 | Page 7 | Watering Stock in Summer

WATERING STOCK IN SUMMER R As springs and streams dry up it Is highly essential to furnish abundant water supply animals need more writer water during hot weather than they do during the winter there tharo Is a u greater loss of witter from their bodies in tile the processes of cicat regulation digestion etc consequently they drink more mora if they have it As the natural sources I 1 b uch such as streams and springs dry up in the summer it is highly essential that particular attention be given to furnishing a plentiful supply of fresh water during the heated period F resh fresh and cool water supplied in ample amounts will serve the very useful purposes of eliminating many of the digestive disturbances often complained pl allied of by feeders unless the digestive agencies are properly functioned the best results can by no mans be realized and since water is one of the most abundant ele cie ants we ire have serves such a useful purpose it should be given serious consideration particularly at this time of tho year when the dry hot weather will soon come the man who has a failing spring in his pasture is indeed lucrecy but with a good deep well equipped with a wind pump or better still a pump run by a gasoline engine one need have little worry over the needs of his stock for writer water so long as he sees that their drinking troughs are always full